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75 MSS letters from Carr-Gomm to his father, nearly all written from the Cameroons, and all signed Culling. Carr-Gomm, who had been in West Africa in the Colonial Service since April 1912, joined the Anglo-French Expeditionary Force to the Cameroons in September 1914, and later that month was gazetted to the 2nd Battalion of the Nigerian Regiment. Until January 1915 his letters (15 of them) describe the campaign, which consisted chiefly of trying to force the inferior German forces into a major engagement, at first hand. After this, Carr-Gomm was transferred to the Royal Engineers, and the next 36 letters (until March 1916) are nearly all written from Duala, the main port of the Cameroons, and frequently refer to the administrative and technical problems of catering for the many Europeans in the town, and of dealing with captured enemy property, especially the rubber and cocoa plantations. The letters continue to describe the progress of the campaign until its completion in February 1916, and Carr-Gomm frequently comments on the state of affairs in England and Europe. In March 1916 the Cameroons were divided between Britain and France, and from then until November, when he returned to England, Carr-Gomm was in charge of the Public Works Department in Buea, the main administrative centre of the British sphere. The final 20 letters describe the problems raised by the partition, the pressures imposed on Carr-Gomm by the interference of the Nigerian authorities, and his increasing desire to leave the Cameroons and play a more active part in the war. He landed in England on 9 November 1916, and the last letter in the collection is from Arthur Street Maitland, Parliamentary Under-secretary at the Colonial Office, discussing Carr-Gomms future employment. Some of the more interesting letters are described below: 3pp., MSS. On troopship of Duala, the capital of the Cameroons, preparing to land tomorrow. 25 September 1914 8pp., MSS. Surrender of Duala. 30 September 1914 3pp., MSS. Defending Susa, sixteen miles inland. Germans adopting Boer tactics, sniping and then melting away. (And next 3 letters). 9 November 1914 4pp., MSS. At Duala. Germans still at large. Criticises whinings in English press about recruitment and the navy. 20 January 1915 6pp., MSS. Inaccuracy of press reports on the Cameroons. 1 February 1915 3pp., MSS. His work in Duala, The problems of coping with the increased population there. 1 March 1915 2pp., MSS. German good conduct in the Cameroons, as compared with their barbarity in SW Africa. 3 June 1915 5pp., MSS. Disappointing return of Heywoods battalion, which had been expected to finish off the Germans at Jaunde. 8 June 1915 4pp., MSS. Influx of Kitchener soldiers - arrogant and ignorant of West Coast habits, but full of martial vigour. Arrival of auditors and bureaucrats. 27 October 1915 4pp., MSS. Defends Dobell, the GOC, against criticisms. Bitterness against the War Office for supplanting them with upstarts and Dugouts. Unfairness of promoting stay-at-homes. 22 December 1915 5pp., MSS. Disappointment over the handing over of most of the Cameroons to France, and confusion over future developments. Complains about his letters being sent to the Daily Graphic. We here in this little corner of the worlds affairs are more of a family party so to speak than those who wage their warfare in the limelight of European publicity. 16 March 1916 6pp., MSS. Present situation. The arbitrary division of the territory, with no regard for tribal boundaries, makes relations with the natives difficult. 12 April 1916 3pp., MSS. Visit of Sir Frederick Lugard, Governor-General of Nigeria. Problem of who should get cocoa and rubber profits: if they will ultimately go to the Germans, why should we work the plantations? 20 May 1916 2pp., MSS. Anxious to exchange this leisurely life for something more strenuous. 21 August 1916

Correspondence of Cecil John Rhodes, 1875-1908

MSS. Afr. s. 228 · Bestand · 1875-1908

Teil von Bodleian Library, University of Oxford

Letters and telegrams received, arranged by the original subject headings as follows: Administrators [Rhodesia], 1897-1902 Cape Colony, 1890-1900 Charter (Matabeleland & Mashonaland), 1889-1896 - Charter referring to the British South Africa Company Charter (Home Board), 1897-1902 Charter (Cape), 1898-1901 Cold storage, 1899-1902 - relating to Rhodess attempts to break Combrinck and Cos meat monopoly by erecting a cold store at Cape Town, importing meat from Australia, etc. De Beers, 1890-1902 Farms, 1897-1901 Finance, 1888-1899 Goldfields, 1890-1902 Hawkesley, 1897-1908 - B.F. Hawkesley was solicitor to Rhodes and to the British South Africa Company Immigration, 1902 - relating to a scheme for the northwards immigration of women sponsored by Lady Hely-Hutchinson and the South African Immigration Association Inyanga, 1896-1901 - relating to Inyanga farms, Rhodesia McDonald, 1897-1902 - J.G. McDonald handled Rhodess farming and other interests in the territory of the Ndebele, managed De Beers Rhodesian farms, and was employed by Goldfields and by the Consolidated Exploration and Development Co. Michell, 1897-1902 - Sir Lewis Michell was Rhodess friend and banker Miscellaneous, 1890-1902 Ngami trek, 1897-1902 - relating to an attempt by Rhodes to settle Boers in the Ghanzi and Lake Ngami areas of the Bechuanaland protectorate, 1898 Northern Rhodesia, 1897-1901 Rhodesian goldreefs, 1898-1902 Rhodesian railways, 1897-1901 Syfret, 1897-1902 - Syfret handled various businesses for Rhodes, including fruit farms, cold storage, the dynamite and brick-making subsidiaries, the Rhodesian enterprises managed by McDonald, the Groote Schuur and Muizenberg properties and other Cape investments Transcontinental telegraph, 1897-1902 Transvaal, 1900-1902 Wernher, Beit & Co, 1890-1901 - a Kimberley diamond mining firm; Alfred Beit was also a life governor in De Beers and had connections with the Jameson raid Delagoa Bay, 1892-1895 - relating to the attempted purchase of Delagoa Bay (in present Mozambique) from the Portuguese Papers saved from the Groote Schuur fire, 1875-1896 Personal, mainly political and business, 1888-1902 Personal (General biographical material), 1884-1902

Despatches from Sir Henry Le Geary (September to December 1902) as well as letters from various offices (government departments and other organisations) and individuals on matters related to Bermuda sent during the year. Despatches are described at item level; correspondence from officers and individuals is not. Correspondents and subjects for offices and individuals are as follows: Offices: Admiralty (prosecution of H C Masters, exemption of naval commander in chief from import duties, bridge between Watford and Somerset Islands, prisoners of war, harbour improvements, light at Gibbs Hill, Direct West Indies Mail Service, wireless telegraphy); Crown Agents (under gardeners, return of coronation contingent, government deposits with local banks); Foreign Office (duties levied on goods for Boer prisoners, Act No 37 of 1901, infraction of port regulations, anchorage for foreign warships, harbour dues on the Poland, Treaty of Washington Act No 31 of 1902); Law Officers (Act to punish persons aiding prisoners of

CO 37/238 · Akt(e)

Teil von The National Archives

Deutscher Schutz für Boers zu Grootfonthein in der Otavi-Gegend

BArch, R 1001/2209 · Akt(e) · Jan. 1886 - Aug. 1897

Teil von Bundesarchiv (Archivtektonik)

Deutsch-Südwestafrika

Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz, IX. HA, SPAE, IV Nr. 39 · Akt(e) · ca. 1904 - 1914

Teil von Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Archivtektonik)

Deutsch-Südwestafrika

Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz, IX. HA, SPAE, IV Nr. 121 · Akt(e) · ca. 1910 - 1930

Teil von Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Archivtektonik)