Key Information
Reference code
ROBERTSON, WR 8/2/13
Title
Note from Lieutenant Colonel Cecil Lucas to William Sutherland, 9 Sep 1917, about an Allied High Command decision to send artillery to Italy
Date(s)
- 1917 Sep 9 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
3pp
Scope and content
Note from Brevet Lt Col Cecil Courtenay Lucas, Aide de Camp to Robertson, to William Sutherland, Private Secretary to the Rt Hon David Lloyd George, Prime Minister, enclosing a telegram from Robertson on a conference between FM Sir Douglas Haig, Commander in Chief, British Armies in France, French Gen Ferdinand Foch, French Army Chief of Staff, and French Gen Henri-Philippe Benoni Omer Pétain, Commander in Chief, French Armies on the Western Front, resulting in the despatch of French guns to Italy. 3pp.