The Balkans, 1915-03 - 1915-07
Scope and Contents
Memoranda, reports and notes on LSA's intelligence work while in the Balkans, including: notes on the Serbian army, railways, navigable rivers and roads, and on Austrian positions and Russian naval forces in the area; journal kept by LSA during his time in the Balkans; maps, notes and navigation information on the river Danube; notes on relations with Greece; annotated print of LSA's military report on Serbia; telegrams and letters from LSA to [? Major-General Charles Callwell, Director of Military Operations at the War Office] on the positions of Bulgaria, Romania and Greece, attempts to make Serbia cede Macedonia [later North Macedonia] to Bulgaria, the views of King Ferdinand of Bulgaria on Russia and Austria, British opinion in the Balkans, Allied offers to Bulgaria, diplomatic deadlock with Romania, the need for a larger British force in the area, the health of King Constantine of Greece, and LSA's request to return home in order to report fully; letters to LSA from John Baldwin [British Consul-General in Romania] on river traffic on the Danube for transporting troops (2); notes on the military situation in the Dardanelles.
Dates
- Creation: 1915-03 - 1915-07
Conditions Governing Access
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Extent
5 file(s)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
Box 117
Finding aid date
2003-06-17 11:39:36.547000+00:00
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
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