GENERALS' NEW DUTIES
LONDON, January 9,
General Sir H. Maitland Wilson assumed duty on Saturday as Supreme Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean theatre. General Jacob Devers has assumed duty as Deputy Supreme Commander. Lieutenant-General Gammell, who has been Chief of the British Eastern Command since 1942, is ap~
Major-General W. Bedell Smith.
pointed Chief of Staff in the Mediterranean.
Major-General Bedell Smith will become Chief of Staff to General Eisenhower in the United Kingdom. He was till recently Chief of Staff of the Allied forces in the Mediterranean theatre, and he signed the Italian armistice agreement on behalf of General Eisenhower.
Rec. 1 p.m. RUGBY, Jan. 10. A Cairo message" states that General Sir Bernard Paget, the new Com-mander-in-Chief in the Middle East, has arrived and taken over from General Sir H. Maitland Wilson.— 8.0. W. __
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 8, 11 January 1944, Page 5
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