Item GRANT 3/1 - Copy diary entries, Mar-Jul 1918, on Grant's service liaising between CIGS General Sir Henry Hughes Wilson and Allied C-in-C French General Ferdinand Foch

Copy of diary entries and notes written by Charles John Cecil Grant, describing events during his temporary post as Liaison Officer between Gen Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, and French Gen Ferdinand Foch, Allied Commander in Chief, notably meetings with FM Sir Douglas Haig, Commander in Chief, British Armies in France, Foch, French Gen Maxime Weygand, French Chief of Staff, and Gen the Hon Sir Herbert Alexander Lawrence, Chief of General Staff, relating to operations on the Western Front; discussions and negotiations between the above concerning preparations for the German attacks on the Aisne during May 1918 (Third Battle of the Aisne), especially relating to plans for the relief of troops on the front lines, the utilisation of US troops, the allocation of reserves, and the proposed reduction of the number of British divisions; comment upon the attitude of British General Headquarters to the French staff and armies, the clashes between Foch and the British War Office, and relations between the British and French higher commands. 27pp.