First World War (1914-1918)
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Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:
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(Untitled), 30 Nov 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/68/18-19
Scope and Contents
Letter from Lord Curzon (1 Carlton House Terrace, [London]) to WSC enclosing papers [see CHAR 2/68/26-31] showing that in response to the General Staff's recommendation that Gallipoli should be evacuated, which was accepted by the War Committee, Curzon had drafted a memorandum stating the arguments against evacuation, which was supported in Cabinet by 5th Lord Lansdowne, Lord Selborne and Lord Crewe and opposed by Andrew Bonar Law and David Lloyd George. A decision has been postponed , which...
Dates:
30 Nov 1915
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(Untitled), 05 Jan 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 15/97/10-12
Scope and Contents
Typescript copy of a letter from WSC to the Prime Minister [Herbert Asquith] agreeing with Colonel [Maurice] Hankey's comments on "special mechanical devices for taking trenches"; describing the impact of trench warfare on military theory and weapons; urging the deployment of steam tractors equipped with armoured shelters, trials of "shields on wheels", systematic use of artificial smoke, and stressing the importance of swift development and production of new weapons. Unsigned annotated with...
Dates:
05 Jan 1915
Conditions Governing Access:
Open