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Subjects include: a complaint against the hospital by General Ragueneau and MS's defence of her work; her wish to stay with the French; whether the hospital would be retained after 1916; obtaining permission for her to work with the 6th Army.

Includes a certificate of thanks from the French army medical service for the work done by MS during the battle of the Somme.

Text of ELS’s "Petain and the French Mutinies".

Paper written by Marshal Philippe Petain on the events of 16 April-23 October 1917, particularly on the spread of pacifism in France, lack of morale, strategic errors and mutinies among the French troops. Later published in ELS’s "Two men who saved France".

Telegram from Vice Admiral John De Robeck, Dardanelles, to Admiral Eberhardt, Commander of the Russian Fleet, asking for assistance [typescript copy].

Telegram from Vice Admiral John De Robeck, Dardanelles to Admiral Eberhardt, Commander of the Russian Fleet, report on Gallipoli landings [typescript copy].

Letter in French from Franchet d'Esperey (Perros par Bubry, Morbihan, [Franche]) to Jacques Balsan reporting that in Constantinople in 1919 Djevad Pasha, a Turkish commander, had told him that the forces defending the Dardanelles were in such a state that had the Royal Navy continued its attack it would have succeeded. Sent with CHAR 2/153/15-16.

Letter in French from Victor Augagneur [French Minister of Marine] (Paris) to [WSC] indicating agreement with British proposals for Anglo-French naval co-operation in the eastern Mediterranean with reference to the attacks on the Dardanelles and Alexandretta (31 Jan). With notes that Sir Edward Grey [later Lord Grey of Fallodon] and Lord Kitchener have seen the letter and that WSC thinks it is satisfactory (3 February). Printed copy. Another copy at CHAR 2/81/13.

Note from C C Ennals quoting from a telegram from the Chief of Staff of Grand Duke Nicholas giving the instructions which have been issued to Admiral Andrei Eberhardt [Commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet]. With notes on the circulation and translation of the document (13-14 March) and note by WSC that it should be telegraphed textually to Vice-Admiral Sackville Carden (13 March). Printed copy. French with parallel English translation. Another copy at CHAR 2/81/19.

Letter in French from Victor Augagneur, French Minister of Marine, to WSC agreeing with the plans for the Dardanelles operations set out in a recent memorandum from WSC and giving details of the relevant French naval dispositions. With notes that the letter was seen by [Herbert Asquith, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith], Sir Edward Grey [later Lord Grey of Fallodon] and Lord Kitchener, and that it is satisfactory to WSC. Printed copy. Another copy at CHAR 2/81/14.

Letter in French from Victor Augagneur [French Minister of the Marine] (Paris) to [WSC] indicating agreement with British proposals for Angle-French naval co-operation in the eastern Mediterranean with reference to the attacks on the Dardanelles and Alexandretta (31 Jan). With notes that Sir Edward Grey [later Lord Grey of Fallodon] and Lord Kitchener have seen the letter and that WSC thinks it is satisfactory (3 Feb). Printed copy. Another copy at CHAR 2/74/56.

Letter in French from Victor Augagneur, French Minister of the Marine, to WSC agreeing with the plans for the Dardanelles operations set out in a recent memorandum from WSC and giving details of the relevant French naval dispositions. With notes that the letter was seen by [Herbert Asquith], Sir Edward Grey [later Lord Grey of Fallodon] and Lord Kitchener, and that it is satisfactory to WSC. Printed copy. Another copy at CHAR 2/74/63.

Note from C C Ennals quoting from a telegram from the Chief of Staff of Grand Duke Nicholas giving the instructions which have been issued to Admiral Andrei Eberhardt [Commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet]. With notes on the circulation and translation of the document (13-14 Mar) and note by WSC that it should be telegraphed textually to Vice-Admiral Sackville Carden (13 Mar). Printed copy. French with parallel English translation. Another copy at CHAR 2/74/62.

Note in French conveying to Lord Kitchener the information from the Grand Duke Nicholas that the Russian land forces which will attack Constantinople [Turkey] will wait for the orders of the naval commanders before going into action. With note from [Lord Kitchener] that WSC is to see this and that he did so. Printed copy.

Statement in French issued by the local authority of Desselghem [Belgium] that no inhabitants of the village were known to have been wounded or gassed on 29 Oct [when WSC was in the area]. Sent with CHAR 2/103/68.

Letter from Charles de Broqueville, Belgian Minister for War, to WSC answering in detail WSC's questions about events in the war in Belgium in October 1914. In French.

Account in French [by Andrew M Gevers] of the fall of Antwerp [Belgium] and the role of WSC in the attempts to save it. Signed carbon copy without first page at CHAR 2/71/124-129.

Letter from Comte de Bresson (7 Rue Charon, Paris, [France]) to WSC enclosing a report on the importance of Greece in the war [see CHAR 2/71/134-147]. Proposes the replacement of the pro-German King Constantine with the second son of King Albert of the Belgians supported by a council composed of Venizelos, Coundouriotis and Danglis, and the formation of a Greek naval force to deal with German submarine attacks. Signed typescript. In French.

Report on the internal and external position of Greece immediately preceding and during the war. Typescript copy. In French. Sent with CHAR 2/71/130-133.

Note [submitted to the Prime Minister of France] on the need for the Allies, with the help of the government at Salonika [Greece], to eliminate from Athens the pro-German influence of King Constantine and Queen Sophie. Typescript copy. In French. Sent with CHAR 2/71/148-149.

Note [submitted to the Prime Minister of France] arguing for the recognition of the Greek government at Salonika under Eleutherios Venizelos. Typescript copy. In French. Sent with CHAR 2/71/148-149.

Note on the ill effects from the Allies' point of view which would follow the threatened Austro-German invasion of Rumania [Romania], the vital importance of arresting King Constantine and Queen Sophie of Greece and their pro-German adherents, Greek anti-Italian sentiment, and the need for the Allies to recognise the government of Eleutherios Venizelos at Salonika [later Thessaloniki]. Typescript. In French. Sent with CHAR 2/71/148-149.

Text of a proposed proclamation to the people of Greece following an Anglo-French occupation of Athens. Typescript. In French.

Map of the area surrounding Antwerp [Belgium], showing Allied defences, scale 1:40,000.

Letter in French from Vice-Admiral Paul Guepratte (5 Rue de Neptune, Brest, Finisterre, [France]) to WSC thanking him for his reply to Guepratte's letter criticising his article on the Dardanelles campaign [see CHAR 2/169/76-77 and 79-82] and regretting the vehemence of his first letter.