Lord Roberts: South African Telegrams, private, secret and confidential, September 1900
folder, folder
Accession Number
NAM.1971-01-23-182-3
Description
Ms and ts copies of 28 telegrams sent and received by Lord Roberts, September 1900, including with Lord Lansdowne, and the High Commissioner in South Africa, discussing the practice of 'foreign mercenaries' providing free passage by sea for Boers, the monument at Krugersdorp, landing of troops in Portuguese territory, the appointment of the new Commander-in-Chief India, food supplies, sanction for the declaration of the end of the war in South Africa, and deployment of troops to England. Telegrams 49 to 76.
Campaigns
Boer War (1899-1902)
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