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1. Add MS 39928

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Add MS 39928
Title:
MAP of the situation in France and Flanders, 25 Sept. 1918, the eve of the breaking, of the Cambrai-St. Quentin line. Printed, with autograph note of presentation by F.M. Sir Douglas Haig afterwards Earl Haig of Bemersyde. Paper; f. 1. 17 in. x 18 1/2 in.
Scope & Content:
Maps and Plans: Situation-map of Allied front in France and Flanders: 25 Sept. 1918.: Printed. General Chronicles and History of, etc. Army of France: Map of military situation in France and Flanders: 25 Sept. 1918.: Printed. Albert I of Belgium: Map of military situation in France and Flander...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 45416

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Add MS 45416
Title:
HAIG'S 'ORDER OF THE DAY': the draft text of the special order of the day addressed 'To All ranks of the British Forces in France' by Field- Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig 1919, as Commander-in-Chief of the British Armies in France.
Scope & Content:
HAIG'S 'ORDER OF THE DAY': the draft text of the special order of the day addressed 'To All ranks of the British Forces in France' by Field- Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig 1919, as Commander-in-Chief of the British Armies in France; 11 Apr. 1918. Autograph. Signed. The order, which beca...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Apr 1918
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 45914

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Add MS 45914
Title:
T. E. LAWRENCE PAPERS. Vol. III (ff. ii + 59). Army Field Service Correspondence Book, containing notes and memoranda by Lawrence relating to events, etc., in the Arabian campaign; 30 Oct. 1916-16 Apr. 1917. The entries are written in pencil, partly in diary form, but do not follow a strict chronological sequence. A few loose papers inserted at the end (ff. 56-59) include a description by Lawrence, also in pencil, of events 9 May-9 July 1917, dated Cairo, 10 July 1917 (ff. 56-57).
Scope & Content:
Army; England: Notebooks, etc., of Col. T. E. Lawrence rel. to the Arabian campaign: 1916-1917. Arabia: Notes, diaries, etc., of T. E. Lawrence rel. to: 1916-1918. Thomas Edward Lawrence, afterwards Shaw; called 'Lawrence of Arabia': Notes, diary, etc., rel. to the Arabian campaign: 1916-1917....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916-1917
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 45915

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Add MS 45915
Title:
T. E. LAWRENCE PAPERS. Vol. IV (ff. 71). Parts of a diary by Lawrence, written in pencil on the backs of Army Messages and Signals pads; 17 Jan-28 June 1917, n.d. The entries relate mainly to topography and details of journeys made by him in Arabia, including a number of rough sketch-plans of terrain. The dates covered are:-(1) 17-24 Jan. ff. 1-13;- (2) 1O-15 Mar. ff. 14-30;-(3) 24 Mar.-18 Apr. ff. 31-42;-(4) 27 Apr.-2 May. ff. 43-44;-(5) 9 May-28 June. ff. 45-59;-(6) n.d. ff. 60-71.
Scope & Content:
Army; England: Notebooks, etc., of Col. T. E. Lawrence rel. to the Arabian campaign: 1916-1917. Arabia: Notes, diaries, etc., of T. E. Lawrence rel. to: 1916-1918. Maps and Plans: Rough sketch-plans by T. E. Lawrence, to illustrate accounts of his journeys in Arabia: 1917. Thomas Edward Lawre...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1917-28 Jun 1917
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 48927 A

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Add MS 48927 A
Title:
D'ABERNON PAPERS. Vol. X. Correspondence and papers of Lord D'Abernon as Ambassador to Germany
Scope & Content:
D'ABERNON PAPERS. Vol. X (ff. 283). (1) Internal Embassy memoranda at Berlin; 1920-1925. ff. 1-54. (2) Correspondence relating to comparative British and German casualties in the Great War, compiled by Lieut. (afterwards Lt.-Col.) Reginald Vernon Hume, R.A., military attaché at Berlin; 1921-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920-1926
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 52460

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Add MS 52460
Title:
THE HAIG MEMORANDUM Memorandum of operations on the Western Front during the command of Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig; 1916-1918. One of six typewritten copies (see ff. viii, x). Preceded (ff. i-ix) by correspondence, etc., relating to its presentation, 1920, and reservation, 1928, 1950, and followed (ff. 76-78) by three maps of German and British dispositions, etc., 21 Mar. 1918, n.d. Compiled by Haig's successive Chiefs of Staff, Lt.-Gen. Sir Launcelot Edward Kiggell and Gen. S...
Scope & Content:
Army; England: Memorandum of operations on Western Front under command of Sir Douglas Haig: 1916-1918: Typewritten copy. General Sir Herbert Alexander Lawrence, Chief of Staff to Douglas, 1st Earl Haig: Compiled: 1918-1920. Lieutenant-General Sir Launcelot Edward Kiggell, Chief of Staff to Dou...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916-1918
Extent:
1 item