Key Information
Reference code
ROBERTSON, WR 8/1/68
Title
Letter from General Sir Edmund Allenby to Robertson, 8 Aug 1917, on operations in Palestine, including reinforcements
Date(s)
- 1917 Aug 8 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
2pp
Scope and content
Letter to Robertson from Gen Sir Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, General Officer Commanding in Chief, Egyptian Expeditionary Force, on operations in Palestine, notably emphasising the need for the requested reinforcements of men, aeroplanes and heavy artillery; a report by Capt Thomas Edward Lawrence, Official British Advisor to Faisal Ibn Hussein, on the harassment, by the Northern Arab Army, of Turkish communications; intelligence reports of Turko-German activity in the Italian zone of Tripoli. 2pp.