BIB_ID
105074
Accession number
MA 1060.1
Creator
Joffre, Joseph Jacques Césaire, 1852-1931.
Display Date
1914 Sept. 5.
Credit line
Gift of J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1928.
Description
1 item (1 p.), bound ; 17.8 cm
Notes
According to the accompanying typed memorandum by J.P. Morgan, Jr., the telegram was ultimately intended for Field Marshal [John] French, however "Delcassé sent it through the [British] Embassy because there was a certain amount of friction between Joffre and French."
In the autograph of Théophile Delcassé.
Preceded by an explanatory note in the autograph of Lord Francis Bertie, British ambassador to France: "Written down by M. Delcassé at 6 pm Sept. 5 for me to telegraph to Sir E. Grey. F.B."
Written on stationery of the British Embassy, Paris.
In the autograph of Théophile Delcassé.
Preceded by an explanatory note in the autograph of Lord Francis Bertie, British ambassador to France: "Written down by M. Delcassé at 6 pm Sept. 5 for me to telegraph to Sir E. Grey. F.B."
Written on stationery of the British Embassy, Paris.
Provenance
Blanche Gordon-Lennox; given to J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1927.
Summary
Advising Marshal John French of General Joffre's intention of launching an offensive, to be known later as "The Battle of the Marne."
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