Spoelstra trial papers
MS. Hobhouse 31
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Spoelstra trial papers
Shelfmark
MS. Hobhouse 31
Summary
Typescript text of the proceedings of the court martial trial in Pretoria in April 1901 of J. Spoelstra relating to accusations of the ill-treatment of Boer women and children by the British Army. With covering letter, 24 Nov 1902, to Hobhouse from W.T. Stead reporting that the text had been smuggled through British lines in a cocoa canister.
Date
1901-1902
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box
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Collection contents
Anglo-Boer War
Spoelstra trial papers
