Key Information
Reference code
ALLENBY 2/5/6
Title
Telegram, 14 Dec 1917, from Allenby to CIGS FM Sir William Robertson on operations in Palestine
Date(s)
- 1917 Dec 14 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 telegram
Scope and content
Copy telegram no 8715 from Allenby, General Officer Commanding in Chief, Egypt, to FM Sir William (Robert) Robertson, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, suggesting that extensive operations in Palestine would be impossible during wet season, and that his immediate objectives should be to advance northwards from Jerusalem to the line of the Wadi Auja and the Nahr Auja, and then to concentrate on operations against the Hedjaz railway. 1 telegram