Cipher message

Scope and Content

Cipher message no. 119 from Winston Churchill to Auchinleck, declaring that he has been charged by the King to express, to all ranks of the Army and RAF in the Western Desert and to the Mediterranean Fleet, His Majesty's confidence that they will do their duty in the battle ahead, which is likely to affect the whole course of the war. To be issued publicly at the right time. Typescript.