Key Information
Reference code
ROBERTSON, WR 7/5/78
Title
Letter from General Sir Herbert Plumer to Robertson, 21 Nov 1917, about operations in Italy
Date(s)
- 1917 Nov 21 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
4pp
Scope and content
Letter to Robertson from Gen Sir Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, General Officer Commanding, British Forces in Italy, on the improving situation on the Italian Front, where the Italians are holding the Piave line against the Austro-Germans; reconnaissance of the Asiago plateau and the Mount Grappa sector; negotiations with Italian Gen Armando Diaz, Italian Army Chief of Staff, concerning the Allied takeover of the northern sector of the front, and the command of the Italian divisions in that sector; a request for two British corps to be sent to Italy, with extra heavy artillery. 4pp.