§ 7. Sir A. FELLasked the Secretary of State for Warif he can make any statement with regard to the British forces in Italy and when they may expect to be able to return to this country and be demobilised?
Captain GUESTThe British Forces in Italy are being reduced to a strength of one brigade of all arms and lines of communication troops, which we are required to maintain by the Allies for garrisoning certain Adriatic ports The remaining 64,000 are being brought away at the same rate as French troops, i.e., 600 a day, this being the maximum capacity of the railways.