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Printed maps of the Boer positions at Spion Kop [South Africa] with annotations, and first edition map of Harrismith.

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Report from Captain Aylmer Haldane, Pretoria, South Africa to the Chief of Staff, Natal Field Force, on the capture of an armoured train at Frere, including praise of WSC's actions in saving the engine "he was frequently exposed to the full fire of the enemy. I cannot speak too highly of his gallant conduct".

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Extract from report of D Horsley, Locomotive Instructor, on damage to the armoured train, [typescript copy].

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Letter from J W Shores, Engineer-in-Chief, Estcourt, to General Manager of Railways, on the capture of the armoured train, [typescript copy].

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Note in Afrikaans on the capture of the armoured train.

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Letter from P J Joubert to F W Reitz, advising against WSC's release from captivity, [in Afrikaans].

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Search Warrant following WSC's escape from the Boers, with photograph taken in Egypt, 1898 [in Afrikaans, with translation].

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Description of WSC, following his escape from the Boers [in Afrikaans].

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Letter from [H C Breaul], Acting Commissioner of Police, Pretoria, to Justice of the Peace Schweizer-Reneke, description of WSC with photograph [in Afrikaans, with translation].

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Letter from [H C Breaul], Acting Commissioner of Police Pretoria, South Africa, to ?, on WSC's escape to Durban via Lorenco Marques [in Afrikaans, with translation].

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Letter from [H C Breaul], Acting Commissioner of Police, Pretoria, to Justice of the Peace Schweizer-Reneke, description of WSC [typescript copy, in Afrikaans, with translation].

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License for Mr E F Knight to act as a War Correspondent for the Morning Post in South Africa, issued by the War Office.

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War Office Rules for Newspaper Correspondents at the Seat of War.

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Diary of H M S Tartar's Naval Brigade in South Africa, 29 October 1899 - 23 October 1900 [31 pp].

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Letter from Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII), Sandringham, Norfolk, to WSC, thanks for, letter on South Africa, commenting on his escape from captivity, and the progress of the campaign. Also thanks for copy of "The River War".

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Letter from Sir William Garstin to WSC, thanks for gift of copy of The River War and on WSC's escape from the Boers.

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Letter from Charles, 10th Duke of Marlborough to WSC, on South Africa.

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F Tebbitt (an old Natal Colonist) to WSC, on the use of balloons against the Boers in South Africa.

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Letter from G E Ross to WSC, sending "lines on the relief of Ladysmith".

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Letter from WSC, Pretoria, to Major-General Robert Baden-Powell, on article by WSC in the Morning Post.Letter from Major-General Robert Baden Powell [Pretoria]to WSC, on WSC's article.

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Letter from Sir Alfred Milner, Government House, Cape Town, South Africa, to WSC, stating that their conversation the previous evening should be regarded as "extra confidential". Commenting that it would be "most unwise" to proclaim their objectives too loudly beforehand, and that the Uitlanders should not be allowed to force the hand of the British Government.

Scope and Contents Letter from Walter Runciman, Windsor Terrace, Newcastle- Upon-Tyne, to WSC, thanks for letter of congratulation for speech on the Spion Kop despatches, also commenting on the forthcoming election, [Runciman was one of the Liberal candidates in Oldham], stating that in a double seat "the success of either us need not necessarily mean the discomfiture of the other - It would be odd to find that we were to become colleagues", but conceding that this was a remote chance and that "one of us will...

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Letter from Nellie Burgess to WSC, sending two printed copies of her poem:- The Hero of the Day, Mr Winston Churchill.

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Letter from "An English Gentlewoman...working as a Governess in Roumania", Gadintzii, Roumania [Romania], to WSC, on his escape from the Boers in South Africa.

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Letter from Joseph Cheetham, Sereda, Central Russia, to WSC, on WSC's escape from the Boers and on WSC's election chances in Oldham.