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Telegram from Ismay to the editor of the Daily Telegraph, [Feb 1957], declining to write a review of The Turn of the Tide

Telegram from Ismay to Colin Coote, editor of The Daily Telegraph informing him that he would be unable to write a review of The Turn of the Tide, 1939-1943. A study based on the diaries an autobiographical notes of FM Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke of Brookeborough by Arthur Wynne Morgan Bryant (Collins, London, 1965). Typescript, 1p

Telegram from Hamilton to Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Stopford, 9 Aug 1915, about the failure of the advance from Suvla Bay

Telegram B218 from Hamilton to Lt Gen the Hon Sir Frederick William Stopford, General Officer Commanding 9 Corps, expressing concern at failure of 11 (Northern) Div to advance from Suvla Bay, and requesting Stopford to secure Aja Liman Anafarta Ridge. Four copies, two with manuscript remarks by Hamilton. 4pp

Telegram from George Milne to Robertson, 21 Jul 1916, with further comment on French General Maurice Sarrail

Telegram (M8) to Robertson from temporary Lt Gen George Francis Milne, General Officer Commanding in Chief, British Salonika Force, elaborating on his previous assessment of French Gen Maurice Paul Emmanuel Sarrail, Commander in Chief, Allied Army of the Orient, as a commander (4/4/23). 1p.

Telegram from General Sir Henry Hughes Wilson to Robertson, 13 Apr 1917, about the planned movement of British and French troops to Italy

Telegram [HW1] to Robertson from temporary Gen Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, Chief of the British Mission to the French Army, concerning the thoughts of French Gen Robert Georges Nivelle, Commander in Chief, French Armies on the Western Front, on the transfer of British and French divisions to Italy. 1p.

Telegram from General Sir Edmund Allenby to Robertson, 7 Dec 1917, about operations in Palestine

Telegram (A14) to Robertson from Gen Sir Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, General Officer Commanding in Chief, Egyptian Expeditionary Force, explaining the reasons why he feels it is imperative for the safety of Egypt to advance to the Jerusalem-Jaffa Line in Palestine, despite Robertson's doubts as to the validity of such a move. 1p.

Telegram from General Sir Charles Monro to Robertson, 14 Apr 1917, comparing Lieutenant General Alexander Cobbe and Lieutenant General Sir William Marshall

Telegram to Robertson from Gen Sir Charles Carmichael Monro, Commander in Chief in India, concerning the relative merits of temporary Lt Gen Alexander (Stanhope) Cobbe, General Officer Commanding, 1 Indian Army Corps, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, and temporary Lt Gen Sir William Raine Marshall, General Officer Commanding, 3 Indian Army Corps, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force. 1p.

Telegram from General Sir Archibald Murray to Robertson, 15 Mar 1916, about the appointment of Lieutenant General Sir William Birdwood as Commander, 1 ANZAC Corps

Telegram (AM265) to Robertson from Gen Sir Archibald (James) Murray, General Officer Commanding in Chief, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, concerning the appointment of Lt Gen Sir William Riddell Birdwood as the Commander of 1 ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) in France. 1p.

Telegram from General Sir Archibald Murray to Robertson, 12 Dec 1916, about the reasons not to send troops to the Hejaz region of the Arabian Peninsula

Telegram (AM1391) to Robertson from Gen Sir Archibald (James) Murray, General Officer Commanding in Chief, Egyptian Expeditionary Force, recommending that a British force not be sent to Rabegh (Rabigh), in the Hedjaz, and arguing that that the possibility of the failure of the Arab Revolt must be weighed against the undesirability of committing British troops to a campaign in Arabia. 2pp.

Telegram from Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden to the UK High Commissioner in Canada, 10 Mar 1952, about Ismay's willingness to serve as NATO Secretary General

Telegram from Rt Hon Robert Anthony Eden, Foreign Secretary, to UK High Commissioner, Ottawa, Canada relating to Ismay's willingness to serve as Secretary General of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). With telegram transit slip. Typescript, 2pp

Telegram from Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig to Robertson, 30 Apr 1917, about the anticipated failure of the Nivelle offensive, Western Front

Telegram (OAD427) to Robertson from FM Sir Douglas Haig, Commander in Chief, British Armies in France, giving Haig's opinion that it is useless to pursue the present Nivelle offensive on the Western Front vigorously unless the French continue to give their full support, and proposing a limited offensive for the next few weeks. 1p.

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