Item GRANT 3/2 - Copy diary entries, Aug-Nov 1918, on Grant's service liaising between CIGS General Sir Henry Hughes Wilson and Allied C-in-C French Marshal 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 Marshal Ferdinand Foch, Allied Commander in Chief, notably preparation for, and events of, the Battle of Amiens, Aug 1918; description of the Battle of St Mihiel, 12 Sep 1918; preparations for a general Allied offensive, incorporating the Battle of Meuse-Argonne, 26 Sep-11 Nov 1918, an attack on the Hindenburg Line, Cambrai, by the BEF (British Expeditionary Force), 27 Sep-17 Oct 1918, and the final Battle of Flanders, 28 Aug-11 Nov 1918; discussions between Foch and FM Sir Douglas Haig, Commander in Chief, British Armies in France, concerning the control of British 2 Army, Nov 1918; negotiations between Foch, V Adm Sir Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss, representing the Allied navies, and several German delegates regarding an armistice, 6-11 Nov; a description of the Armistice celebrations in Paris, 24 Nov; description of a private discussion between Grant and Foch, concerning the proposed Allied winter offensives, had the Armistice not been signed. 25pp.