Papers relating to battlefield tours, 1933-1935, dated [1919-1936]

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ALANBROOKE: 3/15/1-13

[1919-1936]

Papers relating to tour of Le Cateau battlefield, France, 1933, organised by War Office for Army officers and directed by War Office and Army personnel, including maps printed by War Office and Royal Engineers Litho Department, [1924-1933], showing the position of Allied and German troops before and during the Battle of Le Cateau, France, Aug 1914; text of lecture by Brooke on artillery at the Battle of Le Cateau, delivered to Junior Division, Staff College, 1925; instructions, 1933, for exercise for tour attendees on Battle of Le Cateau. With letter, 29 Oct 1936, to Brooke from [S F Rowell], 44 Div Headquarters, Woolwich, thanking Brooke for lending him the above papers.

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ALANBROOKE: 3/16/1-12

[1909-1935]

Papers relating to tour of the Aisne battlefield, France, 1934, organised by War Office for Army officers and directed by War Office and Army personnel, including Ordnance survey maps of Aisne area, [1909]-1920; Tour of the battlefield of the Aisne, September 1914, Southern Command pamphlet (HMSO, London, 1930); memorandum to attendees from Maj Gen Arthur Edward McNamara, Director of Military Training, 13 Jun 1934, on points to be discussed during the tour; instructions, 1934, for exercise for tour attendees on first Battle of the Aisne, Sep 1914; Battle of the Aisne, 13th-15th September 1914: tour of the battlefield, War Office pamphlet (HMSO, London, 1935).

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ALANBROOKE: 3/17/1-2

1935-[1936]

Papers relating to 8 Infantry Bde battlefield tour, 1935, including itinerary and list of attendees, 1935; texts [by Brooke, 1935,] on Battle of Nery and Battle of the Aisne, Western Front, Sep 1914; printed sketch maps and War Office maps of the Aisne area, [1934-1935]; letter from Col Robert Francis Brydges Naylor to Brooke, 11 Feb [1936], thanking him for loan of the above papers; photographs of Aisne and Nery battlefields, France, annotated to show towns, roads and other geographical features, [1935].

1 file, 1 small box