Item ROBERTSON, WR 7/5/86 - Letter from General Sir Edmund Allenby to Robertson, 23 Feb 1918, on subjects including recent operations in Palestine and in the Hejaz region of the Arabian Peninsula

Letter to Robertson from Gen Sir Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, General Officer Commanding in Chief, Egyptian Expeditionary Force, expressing regret at Robertson's departure from the War Office and the post of Chief of the Imperial General Staff; a visit of Lt Gen the Rt Hon Jan Christian Smuts, South African Representative on the British War Cabinet, to Palestine and Egypt to discuss operations there; recent operations in Palestine, notably a push into the Jordan Valley and the capture of Jericho, and a proposed plan to link up with the Arabs at the Hedjaz railway; a meeting with Capt Thomas Edward Lawrence (T E Lawrence), Official British Advisor to Faisal Ibn Hussein, concerning British cooperation with the Arabs. 4pp.