NAM.1987-03-31-1173

Papers including exercises undertaken by Maj Augustus Francis Andrew Nicol Thorne as a student (member of the Senior Division) at the Staff College, Camberley, January-December 1921. The majority of the exercises include the questions, Thorne's answers and the comments of his Directing Staff. The first exercise is 'advice to be given on the use of military power during a dock strike', January 1921. This is followed by a paper on the use of manpower in the later stages of World War One (1914-1918); the use of cavalry ten years hence; the effect of fog in attack and defence (with special reference to 21 Mar 1918); the Organisation of the Army, February 1921; Road Reconnaissance; the question of British Action in Mesopotamia; the Palestine Campaign, Autumn, 1917; minor administrative problems, March 1921; War Game: appreciation of the situation at 1200 hrs, April 1921; Artillery, May 1921; Organisation of the British Infantry, June 1921; North West Frontier Warfare; Organisation of the Indian Army; an appreciation of the situation from Ludendorff's point of view on 1 May 1918, July 1921; comparison betweeen British and German Naval Forces, 1 May 1918, from the German point of view; Appreciation, October 1921; Indoor Exercise (draft of Army Council letter), November 1921; minor administrative problems two, December 1921 and administrative problems two. Relating to Camberley Staff College, the British Army, the Indian Army, the Royal Navy and the German Navy. Associated with World War One (1914-1918).

World War One, Egypt and Palestine (1914-1918), World War One, Mesopotamia (1914-1918)