Key Information
Reference code
ROBERTSON, WR 4/4/100
Title
Telegram from Major General Frederick Barton Maurice to Robertson, 31 Oct 1917, about the proposed creation of a Supreme War Council
Date(s)
- 1917 Oct 31 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
2pp
Scope and content
Telegram (R177) from Maj Gen Frederick (Barton) Maurice, Director of Military Operations, to Robertson, forwarded to Brig Gen Charles Delmé-Radcliffe, Chief of the British Military Mission to the Italian Army in the Field, and Brevet Col Charles Anthony Lamb, Military Attaché at Rome, informing Robertson of a proposal by the Rt Hon David Lloyd George, Prime Minister, for the creation of a Supreme War Council, with either Robertson or Lt Gen Sir Henry Hughes Wilson as Military Representative. 2pp.