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2 unusual facts about Archibald Murray


Archibald Murray

However the six British tanks, the British heavy guns and naval gunfire from the French coastal defence ship Requin and two British monitors (M21 and M31) did little damage and only served to warn the Turks of the imminent British attack which faltered at all points.

The object was to sustain public morale and, with a compromise peace leaving Germany in control of the Balkans increasingly possible, to capture Aleppo.



see also

Alexander Murray, Lord Henderland

Born in Edinburgh, he was the son of Archibald Murray of Murrayfield, near Edinburgh, an advocate.