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Summary of the Army Commander's Address to Commanders of the Canadian Royal Artillery and the Royal Artillery', from Lt Gen Bernard Law Montgomery to Allfrey, on training other sections of the army in the use of the artillery. 2pp with handwritten note by Allfrey.

Account of speech to British Legion Overton branch entitled 'Snapshots of the war' including an account of the second front agreement, pre-D Day fever and the possibility of invasion in 1940. With newspaper cutting from Andover Advertiser and typescript summary. 4pp

Loyalties', synopsis of film idea by Liddell Hart on intrigue at the War Office [1934], with covering letter to Alexander Korda of London Film Productions, 20 Nov 1934. 1 file

Précis of a lecture to the 19 London Regiment entitled, 'Employment of armoured fighting vehicles'

Précis of a lecture on the Army tank brigade discussing factors such as as the minefield, the anti-tank gun, the tank buster, tank gunnery, the technique of reconnaissance and the roles of the armoured division and their responsibility for changes in armoured warfare, including diagrams. Typescript, 11pp

Resume of a conversation between Liddell Hart and Paul Cable, an American Marshall Scholar, on the 1930s, in particular disarmament, utopianism, Intelligence, and on various conflicts, including Manchuria and the Italo-Abyssinian war

Synopsis of a paper by Liddell Hart entitled 'The key problems of disarmament' for the February 1932 Geneva Disarmament Conference

Typescript synopsis of paper presented at the 1st European Biophysics Congress, Vienna. See F/73 for related correspondence. See also C/42.

Summary of the operations of 5 Army after the return of Lt Gen Sir Henry Seymour Rawlinson to command the 5 Army (renamed 4 Army) in place of Gough, following the initial attacks of the German Spring Offensive, 28 Mar 1918. 1 file.

Comdr 2 Bde. Summary of tank operations, 2 Bde, Battle of Amiens, 7 Jun 17. SECRET. 108 pp

Précis of points discussed by Brig Edmund Myers with Gen Bernard Law Montgomery, Commander in Chief, Middle Eastern including on Greek police, propaganda, factors that might cause crippling of the Greek partisan (andartes) military effort and a broad plan for the future of British forces in Greece. 1 item

Briefing notes on SOE operations in Yugoslavia, Greece and Albania, including locations, code names, personnel, leadership, and signals equipment.

Synopsis for programme twenty-five of The Great War, an overview of the victory in the Balkans and Italy, written by John Williams. 4pp.

Synopsis for programme sixteen of The Great War, on the Nivelle attack, the French army mutiny, and the air war, 1916-1917, written by John Williams. 8pp.

Synopsis for programme fifteen of The Great War, an overview of 1916, including the Rt Hon David Lloyd George's domestic problems and the Nivelle offensive, written by Corelli Barnett. 5pp.

Synopsis for programme fourteen of The Great War, a review of 1916 and the peace moves on both sides, written by Corelli Barnett. 3pp.

Synopsis and corrected typescripts for Kirke's lecture series on 'Imperial defence as affected by the war'. Typescript, 59pp

Summary by Thompson Capper, Commander 13 Infantry Bde, of the report on 'Army manoeuvres, 1910', notably on lessons learnt with regard to higher command; command of detached brigades with regard to reconnaissance and security; communication between commands, arms and units; administration of supplies with an emphasis on mechanical transport; the use of railways; medical services; marching and discipline. 7pp.

Abstracts of some exhibits at the Royal Society Conversazione including 'Effects of a pyrimidine analogue on flowering and tissue differentiation in hemp', 'Cell division in plants under the electron microscope', 'Determination of wood density variation across tree growth rings by means of beta particles', 'Reproductive unbalance as a consequence of selection in rye grass' and 'Biological calcification from ciliates to cetaceans'. 5 items