Letter from Lord French to Sir John Maxwell, 1 May 1916

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Letter from Lord French to Sir John Maxwell, 1 May 1916

1 G.H.Q. Home Forces,
Horse Guards,
Whitehall, S.W. May. 1. 1916 My Dear Maxwell is
my luck to you and
is taking these
few lines. I congratulate you on
the good work which 2
has been done in Ireland. I was with the
Prime Minister this
afternoon & I showed
him your letter &
report. He is very
worried with it
all. 3 I asked you again,
what the Cavalry is I
request you might
perhaps want a request
or two. I don't think the
casualties were excessive
in view of the work
which was
done.

Letter from Lord French, John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres (1852-1925), commander of all British forces on home service, 1916-1918, to Sir John Maxwell (1859-1929), primarily responsible for government policy in the immediate aftermath of the Rising. The letter was written in the aftermath of the Easter Rising in Dublin, before the first executions of the Rising's leaders. Lord French congratulates Maxwell on the 'good work which has been done in Ireland'. He says he showed Maxwell's letter to the Prime Minister who was 'very pleased with it all'. French indicates that he has made enquiries about getting ten Camalters (shire horses) for Maxwell's cavalry.

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Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__5596.html)