Key Information
Reference code
ROBERTSON, WR 8/2/47
Title
Telegram from Lieutenant General Jan Smuts to Robertson, 1 May 1917, about Lieutenant General Jacob van Deventer
Date(s)
- 1917 May 1 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
4pp
Scope and content
Cable to Robertson from Lt Gen the Rt Hon Jan Christian Smuts, South African Representative on the British War Cabinet, enclosing three copy telegrams between himself and honorary Gen Louis Botha, South African Premier, concerning the appointment of South African Lt Gen Jacob Louis van Deventer as Commander in Chief, East Africa. 4pp.