Key Information
Reference code
ROBERTSON, WR 4/4/102
Title
Telegram from Major General Frederick Barton Maurice to Robertson, 3 Nov 1917, on suggestions that Haig should take overall Allied command in Italy
Date(s)
- 1917 Nov 3 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1p
Scope and content
Telegram (R179) from Maj Gen Frederick (Barton) Maurice, Director of Military Operations, to Robertson, forwarded to Brevet Col Charles Anthony Lamb, Military Attaché at Rome, on a possible attempt by the Rt Hon David Lloyd George, Prime Minister, to persuade FM Sir Douglas Haig, Commander in Chief, British Armies in France, to take supreme command in Italy at the Rapallo Conference. 1p.