Key Information
Reference code
ROBERTSON, WR 8/1/70
Title
Letter from General Sir Edmund Allenby to Robertson, 21 Aug 1917, about a planned attack on Gaza, Palestine
Date(s)
- 1917 Aug 21 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
6pp
Scope and content
Letter to Robertson from Gen Sir Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, General Officer Commanding in Chief, Egyptian Expeditionary Force, notably outlining his plans for an attack on the Turkish defences at Gaza, Palestine, in Sep, giving details of an extension of the railway lines to provide ammunition and supplies, methods of ensuring water supply to the troops, and the organisation by Capt Thomas Edward Lawrence, Official British Advisor to Feisal Ibn Hussein, of a large scale Northern Arab Army attack towards the Dead Sea. 6pp.