Key Information
Reference code
ROBERTSON, WR 4/4/72
Title
Telegram from Brigadier General Charles Delme-Radcliffe, 18 Mar 1917, about planned operations on the Italian front
Date(s)
- 1917 Mar 18 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1p
Scope and content
Telegram (873) to Robertson from Brig Gen Charles Delmé-Radcliffe, Chief of the British Military Mission to the Italian Army in the Field, giving the opinion of Italian Gen Luigi Cadorna, Italian Army Chief of Staff, on the difficulties of coordinating an attack on the Italian front with the Nivelle offensive on the Western Front; reporting the build up of German and Austrian troops around Innsbruck and the Trentino, Austria-Hungary; requirements for the transfer of British and French troops to the Italian front. 1p.