letter (photocopy), letter
Accession Number
NAM.1981-11-27-1
Description
Photocopy of manuscript letter to Gen de la Raye from Jan Christian Smuts, Wagenpad Spruit, 25 Sept 1900. Written in Afrikans with English translation and a note to the effect that it was captured from a despatch rider, 28 Sept 1900. From the papers of Col Sir Herbert Eversley Belfield. Smuts describes British troop movements and asks de la Raye's Commando to join his own. Associated with the Boer War (1899-1902).
Campaigns
Boer War (1899-1902)
Associated collection
