Folios 172 – 173: Letter from Sir Arthur Nicolson to Francis Hyde Villiers concerning: Difficult…

Description: Folios 172 - 173: Letter from Sir Arthur Nicolson to Francis Hyde Villiers concerning: Difficult issues for Villiers at the Foreign Office; prisoners and the Grand Vizier reluctance to hand them over [Tourmaline expedition]; Major Spilsbury [Major Albert Gybbon Spilsbury] is at Gibraltar; planned Moorish [Moroccan] Government expedition against pirates; French influence in the Riff territory; return of the Channel Fleet to Gibraltar.

Date: 14/03/1898

Last import: September 11, 2017