At the time of the famous escape, Haldane was a Captain and Churchill a correspondent for The Morning Post. This fresh account, made some 30 years after the events it describes, was prompted by the publication in 1930 of Churchill's My Early Life in which the author gives his version of the escape. Haldane had previously published his own account in 1901 in his book How We Escaped from Pretoria (a copy of which is included in the lot), a version of events which was rather less critical of Churchill.
Also included are 2 autograph letters, signed, from The Viscount Knutsford on paper headed "London Hospital, Whitechapel" (of which he was Chairman), referring to an appeal (both mounted on card), and a quantity of later correspondence (some photocopied) referring to the Haldane letter and related material.