Key Information
Reference code
JOYCE 1/258
Title
Letter from Joyce to Brigadier Clayton, 25 Sep 1917, about supplies and the need for more intelligence officers
Date(s)
- 1917 Sep 25 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Scope and content
To Clayton [Brig Gilbert Falkingham Clayton]. Difficulties of supplies now surmounted. The arrival of Trad ibn Shaalan has bucked Faisal. Weakness of having no one but Lawrence with a thorough martial and theoretical knowledge of the situation. Had hoped to snaffle MacMichael, but he has gone elsewhere. H 77-78