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A table of shells requirements from a May 9, 1915 memorandum by Sir John French, Commander of the British Expeditionary Force 1914 and sent to Members of Parliament David Lloyd George, Bonar Law, and Arthur Balfour. French also provided some of the information to Colonel Repington, the military correspondent for the Times of London, who published his story on the 'shell shortage' on May 15, 1915.

A table of shells requirements from a May 9, 1915 memorandum by Sir John French, Commander of the British Expeditionary Force 1914 and sent to Members of Parliament David Lloyd George, Bonar Law, and Arthur Balfour. French also provided some of the information to Colonel Repington, the military correspondent for the Times of London, who published his story on the 'shell shortage' on May 15, 1915.

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Wanted three months hence, say, August 1

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"A table of shells requirements from a May 9, 1915 memorandum by Sir John French, Commander of the British Expeditionary Force 1914 and sent to Members of Parliament David Lloyd George, Bonar Law, and Arthur Balfour. French also provided some of the information to Colonel Repington, the military correspondent for the Times of London, who published his story on the 'shell shortage' on May 15, 1915."

Image Text

Wanted three months hence, say, August 1

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Saturday, May 15, 1915

Month, Year

May, 1915

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Sir John French, Sir John, John French, 1915, shell shortage, 1915-05-09, 1915-05-15