37 Ibid 77
38 Ibid 17–18
39 De Wet 169–77. OH III, 341–5
40 De Wet 177–81
41 R–L 8 Aug (1tr) 10 Aug 1900, H & O II, 55–7. OH III
42 R–Queen Victoria 8 Aug (1tr), H & O II, 54
43 R–L, 16 Jun 1900, H & O IL 10
44 R–L 18 Aug 1900, H & O II, 61
45 Kerry–mother Jul 1900, Lan
46 R–Queen Victoria 8, 21 Aug (ltrs) H & O II, 54, 63
47 Kerry–mother Jul 1900 Lan. See F. Maurice–wife 28 Apr 1900 Maur 30: ‘Lady B has appointed herself PMO and makes all the doctors and nurses hop around.’
48 R–L 28 Jun, 7 Jul, 21 Aug (1tr) 1900, H & O II, 20–1, 27, 65
49 Churchill Ian Hamilton 24–8. F. Maurice–wife 17 May 1900, Maur 34
50 SJ 11 Jul 1900. OH III, 238–40. L–R 17, 19 Jul 1900, H & O II, 34–5, 37
51 Kerry–mother Jul 1900, Lan. R–Queen Victoria 18 Aug 1900, H & O II, 61. Warren Prince Christian Victor 400–1
52 For the dilemma see L–R 18 Aug 1900, H & O II 62
53 Hamilton–wife quoted Hamilton Happy Warrior 171–2
54 Hamilton–wife 12 Jul 1900, Ham 25/12/27
55 M–R 23 Aug 1900, MP II, 85–6
56 L–R 16 Aug (1tr) 1900, H & O II, 59–60. SJ 10, 23 Aug 1900
57 Kerry–mother Sep 1900 Lan. R–L 2 Sep 1900, H & O II, 74. SJ 2, 6 Sep 1900
58 OH III, 335–45
59 See protest re K of K in report 21 Jun 1900, Sherwood Regt MSS Box 17
60 SJ 27, 29, 30 Jul, 3, 5 Aug 1900. OH III, 341–4. R–L 31 Jul, 6 Aug 1900
61 OH III, 344–51. Rawlinson diary Aug 1900, Rawl 7/3
62 OH III, 335–41, 348–9, 351–6
63 K–R quoted Rawlinson diary 12–14 Aug 1900, Rawl 7/3
64 Ibid. Smith–Dorrien Memories 233–4. OH III, 351–3
65 R–L
66 Rawlinson diary loc cit
67 Lyttelton–wife 19 Aug 1900, Lyt 578a, b
68 Lyttelton–wife 5 Aug 1900, Lyt 576d
69 SJ 19 Aug 1900
70 See note 67
71 Lyttelton–wife 8 Aug 1900, Lyt 577
72 Lyttelton–wife 6 Jul 1900, Lyt
73 See note 67
74 See R–L re Lyttelton’s qualifications as C–in–C
75 Dundonald Army Life 167
76 Melville I, 88 foll
77 Buller–W Apr 1900, Wol
78 Buller ev RCSAW III, 183–5. OH III, 249–83. R ev RCSAW II, 464, III, 53–55
79 Buller–wife nd [May] 1900, Bull (Crediton)
80 Buller–wife 15 May 1900, Bull (Crediton). Buller ev RCSAW III, 185
81 Ibid. SJ 6–12 Jun 1900
82 Buller–wife 9, 18 Jun 1900, Bull (Crediton)
83 SJ Jun–Aug 1900
84 R–wife I, 26 Jan 1900, Bobs 202. SJ 7 Jul 1900
85 Buller–wife 18 Aug 1900, Bull (Crediton). SJ 14–25 Aug 1900
86 OH III, 392
87 Buller–wife 16 Sep 1900, Bull (Crediton)
88 OH III, 396. For Buller’s eye for ground see Dundonald 175
89 Lyttelton–wife 30 Aug 1900, Lyt 578
90 Ibid. OH III, 399–402. Stuart 396–405. Viljoen 183–4
91 OH III, 402–3
92 Lyttelton–wife 30 Aug 1900, Lyt 578
93 Buller–wife 30 Aug 1900, Bull (Crediton)
94 Ibid 16 Sep 1900
95 Melville II, 264–5
96 Ralli–K 1 Nov 1900, Kit 17/S8
97 James 342–5
98 Hamilton–wife 12 Sep 1900, Ham 25/12/27
99 B–Balfour 17, 21 Oct 1900, Bal 49720. Midleton Records 119–57. SM 22/1–11
100 R–B 11 Oct 1900, Bobs 122. B–R 13 Oct 1900, Bobs 13/113
101 Times 11 Oct 1901. TH II, 461–2
102 See notes 99 and 100. Cf Kelly–Kenny diary 11–21 Oct 1901, Kell
103 Compare TH II, 458–66 with TH III, 595–7 and IV, 501–2
104 Gen Langlois Lessons of Two Recent Wars
105 Rawlinson diary Nov–Dec Iwo, Rawl 7/3
106 SJ Sep–Oct 1900. OH III, 406–21
107 Rawlinson diary Oct 1900, Rawl 7/3
108 Cd 524. TH IV, 492–5
109 R–Spenser Wilkinson 28 Sep 1900, Wilk 79
110 Rawlinson diary 29 Oct–10 Dec 1900, Rawl 7/3. T. H. Warren 350–73. E. Longford 702
PART IV
CHAPTER 36: A MUDDY ELECTION
Head of Part IV K–R draft [Nov 1901], Kit 21
Head of chapter Saki in Westminster Alice autumn 1900
1 See L–R 8 Nov 1900, Bobs 34
2 Times editorials 10, 11 Aug 1900. See Curtis With Milner 185
3 L–R loc cit. Note R’s summary R–L 26 Nov 1900, Ct p. 222
4 Annual Register 1900. Times 8 Aug 1900. Garvin III, 605
5 J. Wilson 332–3
6 Garvin III, 582–5 esp C’s diary for 5 Jul 1900
7 Times 18 Sep 1900 commenting on C’s and Balfour’s election addresses
8 Times 18 Sep 1900
9 J. Wilson 332–3
10 Herbert Gladstone, H. Gladstone MSS, BM 46020/48–9
11 Wilson 334 quoting Gladstone’s speech at Leeds on 18 Sep. Annual Register 1900
12 Times 18 Sep 1900
13 Spender Contemporary Review Dec 1900, 746–60
14 Balfour–Ridgeway 6 Mar 1900, Bal 49812/301–2
15 Hansard LXXVIII 7 Feb 1900
16 J. Wilson 327
17 J. Wilson 329–31
18 M. Asquith–M 9 Jul 1900, Mil 29
19 CB–Ripon, Ripon 43517f 157 quoted J. Wilson 336. Hansard LXXXVI J. Wilson 330 quoting Rendel–M, Mil 29 f 369. Harcourt–Spencer quoted J. Wilson 331
20 Garvin III, 600–1
21 Liberal Magazine vol 8 Nov 1900 Supp VI
22 Annual Register 1900. J. Wilson passim esp 333
23 CB 30 Sep 1900, C–B 41246/73
24 Hansard LXXXVII 8 Aug 1900
25 See W. J. Reader History of ICI Vol I (London 1970)
26 Brackenbury–Balfour 23 Jan 1900, Bal. 49853/13
27 Arthur Chamberlain–C 29 Mar 191 0, PC
28 Hansard LXXXVIII 10 Dec 1900. Garvin III, 613–16
29 Garvin III, 593
30 Selborne–Balfour 16 Oct 1900, Bal 49707 f 72–3
31 Annual Register, Times and Manchester Guardian 1900
32 Annual Register 1900. Garvin III, 596, 603–6, 611–12
33 Annual Register 1900
34 Spender Contemporary Review loc cit
35 J. Wilson 335 quoting CB 41214/85 etc
36 M–B 5 Nov 1900, Brod 30/67/6
37 Ibid
38 R–L (tel) 22 Oct 1900, H & O III, 49. Times 24 Oct 1900
39 B–R 21 Nov, B–K 16 Dec 1900, CT nos 379, 397
CHAPTER 37: THE WORM TURNS
Head of chapter M–R Haldane 21 Jan 1901 MP II, 206
1 SP I, 568–602. OH III, 357–79,497–552
2 SP I, 617–20
3 Ibid I, 619–20. Meintjes Steyn 127–35
4 Meintjes op cit 16–17
5 See Cd 903 and 1163
6 Meintjes op cit 134–5
7 SP I, 540–3. Meintjes Botha 76
8 SP I, 621–2. See also Smuts’s highly coloured account to Stead, SP I, 466–75. Cf letter to Reitz in SP I, 346
9 See Col Holdsworth’s report 10 Dec 1899, CO 417/283. Cf Standard and Diggers News s Dec 1899
10 Smuts–Reitz 29 Nov 1900, Smuts–Botha 22 Sep 1900. SP I, 342–4, 346–7. See also Junius–Botha 1 Nov 1900, quoted H & O II, 73–4
11 SP I, 579–80
12 Ibid I, 625–3
13 Ibid I, 623–7
14 SJ 6 Nov 1900. OH III, 486–9. R–B (tel) 8 Nov 1900, H & O II, 71
15 De Wet
16 W. B. Hickie narrative Nov 1900, Hick. TH IV, 17–8
17 W. B. Hickie loc cit
18 Ibid. See also R–B 8 Nov 1900 loc cit
19 SP I, 627–36
20 Ibid 636–40. OH IV, 3–7. EGO
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21 SP I, 641–3. EGO. See also Barnard, quoting Beyers, Mil Hist Jnl vol 2 no 1 151–64
22 SP I, 643–40. D. Reitz 132–4. Col Inglefield PRAI XXIX, 519–20
23 Clements–K 14 Dec and Capt Yatman’s report 16 Dec 1900 SD III, 13–15. OH IV, 13–16
24 Inglefield loc cit. OH IV, 16–19
25 SP I, 644
26 Ibid I, 628
27 Ibid I, 645–6. Barnard loc cit
28 SP I, 626
29 Ibid I, 646–7. D. Reitz 137–8
30 SJ 27 Dec is000 and passim
31 SP I, 653
32 Smuts–De la Rey, Smuts–Botha 17, 21 Feb 1901 SP I, 378, 382–5
33 OH IV, 20–2
CHAPTER 38: DISREGARDING THE SCREAMERS
Head of chapter M–Haldane 7 Jun 1901, MP II, 264
1 M diary 17 Dec 1900, Mil (dep 70). Menpes 89–94, 99–100
2 M–C 5 Dec 1900, MP II, 171
3 M–Fanny Goschen 3 Jan 1901, Mil 28
4 M–Ly Ilbert 7 Dec 1897 (Milner Papers in New College)
5 M–Mrs Gaskell 15 Aug 1900, MP II, 13o
6 See Dawkins–M 21 Dec 1901, Mil
7 See Birchenough–M 29 Jan 1901, Mil 47
8 See chap 5 note 3
9 See W. Nimocks Milner’s Young Men 21–2
10 M–Ly E. Cecil 10 Oct 1900, MP II, 166
11 M–Ly E. Cecil 27 Dec 1900, MP II, 179
12 M–Ly E. Cecil 10 Dec 1900, MP II, 191
13 SJ 16–20 Dec 1900. OH IV, 60–70
14 M–C II Nov 1900, 5 Dec 1900, 2 Feb 1901. MP II, 170–2, 193–202
15 M’s diary 31 Dec 1900, Mil (dep 70)
16 SJ 17–30 Dec 1900. OH IV, 60–74
17 M–K 31 Oct 1900, Kit 30/57/17
18 M–Pretyman 7 Jan 1901, Mil 47 (SA 59)
19 M–K 31 Oct 1900, Kit 30/57. NB mistranscribed ‘houses’ instead of ‘horses’ in copy printed MP I, 164
20 M–K 31 Oct 1900 (first draft), Mil 47 f8 (SA59)
21 M–Ly E. Cec 113, 8 Mar Igor, MP II, 211, 214–15
22 M–Warden Spooner 2 Feb 1901, Mil 47
23 M–Haldane 21 Jan 1901, MP II, 206
24 M–Rendel 30 May 1900, Mil 51/34 omitted in MP II, 103–4
25 M’s CO letter quoted SJ 20 Feb 1901
26 SJ 8, 10 Jan, 13 Feb, 15 Apr 1901. Cd 54717–11
27 S. Marks 31 Oct 1900, SM 51–3
28 A. H. Malan 10 Nov 1900, SM 55–6
29 K–B 30 Jan 1901, CT no 466
30 K–B 25 Jan 1901, Kit 30/57/22/Y18
31 K–B 22 Feb 1901, CT no 479A
32 K–B 1 Mar 1901, CT no 489B. Mrs F. Maxwell Frank Maxwell 77–80, Cd 663
33 M–Ly E. Cecil 8 Mar 1901, MP II, 214–15
34 M–C 3 Mar 1901, CT no 487B
35 C–M 6 Mar 1901, CT no 491A
36 C–M 6 Mar 1901, Mil 43
37 Arthur Kitchener II, 26
38 K–B 3 Dec 1900, 15 Mar 1901, Kit MS cit Y/5, 31. M–Ly E. Cecil 29 Oct 1900, MP II, 166
39 K–B 3 Dec 1900, Kit MS cit Y/5
40 K–Ly Cranborne nd 1900–1, Sal (Hat)
41 K–B 15 Mar 1901, Kit MS cit Y/31
42 Hamilton The Commander 98–114 and see Hamilton’s memo for Arthur (c. 1920), Ham
43 SJ 29•ec 1900, 7 Jan, 8 Feb 1901
44 OH IV, 77–91
45 WO 32/8059–64 esp report Maj Goodwin 22 Mar 1901
46 SJ 6 Feb 1900, quoting CO letter. WO 32/8008–10, 8059–61 esp Maj Goodwin’s report of 22 Mar 1901. Cd 819
47 B–K 18 Mar 1901, CT no 500
48 K–B 7, 22 Mar 1901, Kit MS cit Y/3 o, 33
49 B–K 12 Apr 1901, Kit MS cit Y/43
50 SJ 12 Mar 1901
51 SJ Feb 1901
52 K–B i Feb 1901, Kit MS cit Y/19
53 B–K z4 Nov 1900, Kit MS cit Y/4
54 K–B 20 Dec 1900, Kit MS cit Y/9
55 KB 1, 16 Feb 1901, Kit MS cit Y/19, 23
56 B–K 8 Feb 1901, Kit MS cit Y/21
57 R–K 4 May 1901, Kit 30/57/20/
58 SJ 26 Feb, 13 Apr 1901
59 Mrs F. Maxwell 71–90
60 Plumer 16 Mar 1901, quoted Harington Plumer 49
61 Hamilton The Commander. For intelligence summaries see Bar
62 Allenby–wife 31 Jan 1901, All
63 Allenby–wife 11 Feb 1901, All
64 Allenby–wife 23 Mar, 6, 30 Apr 1901, All. SJ 3 Apr 1901
65 SJ 13 Apr 1901
66 Allenby–wife 4 May 1901, All
67 Smith–Dorrien Memories 29
68 Haig–Henrietta 12, 25 Feb 1901, Haig
69 SJ 13 Apr 1901
70 OH IV, 705
71 Rawlinson diary Mar 1901, Rawl 7
72 K–B 16 Mar 1901, CT no 498A
73 K–B 22 Mar 1901, Kit 30/57/22/Y/34
74 B–K 22 Mar 1901, Kit MS cit Y/32
75 K–B, Kit MS cit Y/48, and 21 Jun 1901, quoted Magnus Kitchener 185–6
76 M diary 8 May 1901, Mil (dep 71)
77 M–Ly E. Cecil 22 Mar 1901, MP II, 215
78 M 8 Feb 1901, Mil 47. MP II, 185–6. Hanbury–Williams–M 30 Jan 1901, Mil 39/153
79 M–Mrs Montefiore 17 Oct 1901, Mil 47
80 SJ 18 Mar 1901
81 K–B Apr 1900, Kit MS cit Y/50
82 Fawcett Report Cd 893
CHAPTER 39: ‘WHEN IS A WAR?’
Head of chapter M. Fischer Kampdagboek (Cape Town 1964) 7
1 A. Fry Emily Hobhouse 1–6, 295–306.1 Fisher That Miss Hobhouse 11–43
2 L. T. H. Hobhouse etc Memoir of Lord Hobhouse (London 1905) 221, 241
3 Fry 297
4 Ibid 308–11
5 J. Wilson 348
6 Ibid 347 and 342 (quoting CB–Ripon 9 Jan 1900)
7 Ibid 342 (quoting CB–Bryce 18 Jan 1900)
8 Hansard XCVIII 31 Jul 1901
9 Hansard LXXXIX, IX 18 Feb 1901
10 Ibid XC 1 Mar 1901
11 Ibid XCV 17 Jun 1901
12 Ibid XC 1026 8 Mar 1901
13 Ibid XCVI/148 27 Jun 1901
14 Ibid XCII 22 Apr 1901, CXIII 7 May 1901
15 Ibid
16 Times 19 Jun 1901
17 Fry 107
18 Hobhouse Brunt of War 116–18, Report 1
19 Hobhouse Brunt of War 118–19
20 Fry 106 quoting E. Hobhouse–Ly Hobhouse
21 Hobhouse Brunt of War 119–20
22 Hobhouse Report 10
23 Fry 132
24 Fry 134
25 Ibid 135
26 Ibid 121
27 Ibid
28 Hobhouse Report 15, Brunt of War 127
29 Times 15 Jun 1900. J. Wilson 349
30 Hansard XCV 573 17 Jun 1901
31 Ibid 573–83
32 Ibid 583–622
33 Ibid 590–7
34 Ibid 622
35 Cd 608, 694
36 J. Wilson 352–3
37 M–C 28 Oct 1900, Mil 27 (SA 54)
38 M–K 7 Jun 1901, MP II, 258
39 R–K 2 Jul 1901, CT no 571
40 OH IV, 705
41 CT nos 563, 570
42 R–K, Bobs 122/289 (no 86)
43 SJ 10–11 Jul 1901 (inc Staff Diary Elliot’s Division). SD III, 129 (8 Aug 1901)
44 K–R 6 Jul 1901, CT no 580 (see also CT no 587, 590)
45 K 8 July 1901, SD III, 101
46 SJ 29 May 1901. OH IV, 186–8
47 OH IV, 179–80
48 K–B 30 Jul, 18 Aug 1901, CT nos 608, 619. K–B 19 Jul, Kit MS cit
49 K–B 38 Jun 1901, Kit MS cit Y/67
50 K–B 30 Aug 1901, Kit MS cit
51 SJ 20 Jul 1901
52 K–B 12 Jul 1901, Kit MS cit Y/71
53 SJ 6, 24 Aug 1901
54 B–K 23 Aug, Kit MS cit Y/8
55 M. Fawcett What I Remember (London 1924) 157–8. Cd 893/1–2
56 R. Strachey Millicent Fawcett (London 1931) 196
57 M. Fawcett 153–8. DNB
58 At Norval’s Pont. See Cd 893/
50
59 M. Fawcett 160–2
60 Cd 893/9–13
61 Ibid 10, 21, 44–5, 82
62 Ibid 89–93
63 Ibid 170, 174–9
64 M. Fawcett–M 19 Nov 1901 quoted R. Strachey 201
65 Cd 789
66 Cd 793
67 Cd 833/130. E. Fry 144–7
68 Cd 893 passim
69 C–M 16, 20 Nov 1901, Cd 819
70 M–Goold–Adams 4 Dec 1901, Mil (unnumbered Hobhouse box)
71 Appendices to Hobhouse The Brunt of war 327–55, relevant Cd papers, and Martin 30–3
72 My estimate. See above for incomplete figures
CHAPTER 40: RAIDING THE COLONIES
Head of chapter Smuts diary 7 Aug 1901 quoted Hancock 137
1 Smuts diary and official report SP I, 416, 431. SJ 5 Sep 1901. SD III, 198–9
2 Reitz 202–3
3 Fouché’s statement 29 Oct 1901, Bar 187/339–42
4 Reitz 198, 209. See note 21
5 Bar MS cit
6 Reitz 203
7 Ibid 200–1. But see J. A. Mulder’s statement below
8 SP I, 362–3, 378, 382–5. OH IV, 270
9 SP I, 396–7. J. A. Mulder’s statement 8 Nov 1901, Bar 187/365–9
10 SP I, 408–9, 430
11 Reitz 203–210. SP I, 416, 431
12 Reitz 210–11. SP I, 416, 431–2
13 Reitz 211–22. SP I, 416–17, 432
14 Reitz 222–5
15 Reitz 225–6
16 Reitz 226–7. Haig–Henrietta 22 Sep 1901, Haig 250. Intell Summary, Bar 188/29
17 Reitz 227–33. SP I, 417, 432–3
18 Haig–Henrietta 22 Sep 1901, Haig 249–50
19 OH IV, 275
20 Haig–Henrietta 7 Sep 1901, Haig 248
21 Haig–Henrietta 30 Sep 1901, Haig 251. Bar 188/50
22 SJ 23 Sep 1901. SD III, 199. OH IV, 290
23 Haig–Henrietta 9 Sep 1901, Haig 248
24 Haig–Henrietta 14 Sep 1901, Haig 249
25 Intell Summary 28 Sep 1901, Bar MS cit
26 Captured 5 Feb 1902 – see Bar 191. SP I, 441–5
27 OH IV, 240–1. SJ 5 Sep 1901
28 S. Edingborough 26 Jul 1901, PC
29 OH IV, 175–6, 178–80, 225–6. S. Edingborough MS cit
30 S. Edingborough MS cit
31 S. Edingborough 13 Aug, 9 Sep 1901, PC
32 OH IV, 244
33 Scobell–McCalmont 9 Sep 1901, Mortimer–McCalmont 9 Sep 1901, NAM 6807/492/4
34 Scobell MS cit. OH IV, 240–1
35 S. Edingborough 9 Sep 1901, PC. Scobell MS cit. OH IV 241
36 S. Edingborough tape recording Jul 1970, PC
37 S. Edingborough 9 Sep 1901, PC
38 They numbered 600 acc CC intell Summary 8 Sep 1901. Bar 188/11
39 Botha–Emmett 15, 16 Sep 1901, ptd SD III, 288–9. SD III, 188–9. SJ 30 Sep 1901
40 Engelenburg 32
41 Botha–Emmett MS cit. Botha–Reitz 18, 28 Sep 1901, ptd SD III, 289–91
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