Key Information
Reference code
ROBERTSON, WR 8/1/24
Title
Letter from General Sir Beauchamp Duff to Robertson, 28 Apr 1916, on subjects including operations in India and Mesopotamia
Date(s)
- 1916 Apr 28 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
4pp
Scope and content
Letter to Robertson from Gen Sir Beauchamp Duff, Commander in Chief in India, notably expressing his wish that all military operations in India were under the control of the War Office; reporting a lessening of the danger on the North-West Frontier of India; recommending that Lt Gen Sir Percy Henry Noel Lake, General Officer Commanding in Chief, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, not be provided with an extra division for operations in Mesopotamia, and reflecting on the possible consequences of the surrender of Kut el Amara; commenting on the unfavourable reaction in England to mistakes made in Mesopotamia, especially regarding medical arrangements in Jan. 4pp.