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His obituary from Illustrated London News, May 07, 1910.

I know it is frowned upon to speak ill of the dead, but Hart did have the blood of many Irishmen on his hands. Those men who survived his blunder at Colenso would have remembered him well, but not kindly.

Brett

No Bob's!

Brett Hendey wrote: I know it is frowned upon to speak ill of the dead, but Hart did have the blood of many Irishmen on his hands. Those men who survived his blunder at Colenso would have remembered him well, but not kindly.

Brett

There are few references to him in the papers of the time.

I did read this letter he wrote to The Times, 2 Sep 1903, where he defends his actions strongly.

His obituary from The Times, 2 May 1910:

This was the article that prompted the reply. The Times, 29 Aug 1903: