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Title: Malta and the French naval postal services in World War one
Authors: Bonello, Giovanni
Keywords: World War, 1914-1918 -- Malta
World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations, French -- Malta
World War, 1914-1918 -- Postal service
Warships -- Pictorial works
Issue Date: 1993-12
Publisher: Malta Philatelic Society
Citation: Bonello, G. (1993). Malta and the French naval postal services in World War one. The PSM magazine, 22(2-3), 6-15.
Abstract: At the outbreak of World War One, Sir Winston Churchill, First Sea Lord of the Admiralty, invited the French navy "to use Malta as if it were Toulon". This was to be the beginning of a long era of close and turbulent collaboration between the French and British navies in the Mediterranean, in which Malta's harbours played the part of an invaluable fulcrum. In fact, France requested that its Commander-in-Chief should have overall authority over both fleets, and the British Admiralty complied. That distinction went to Admiral Boue de Lapeyrere; Rear Admiral Troubridge first headed the British fleet under the French officer. [excerpt]
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/77934
Appears in Collections:JMPS - 1993 - 22(2-3)

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