Key Information
Reference code
KIGGELL 1/38
Title
Letter from General Sir Douglas Haig to Kiggell, Apr 1915, on the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, 10-13 Mar 1915
Date(s)
- 1915 Apr 2 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
2pp
Scope and content
Letter from Gen Sir Douglas Haig, General Officer Commanding 1 Army, BEF (British Expeditionary Force), giving a brief account of operations at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, 10-13 Mar, including his opinion on the tactics of temporary Lt Gen Sir Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 2nd Bt, General Officer Commanding 4 Corps, BEF (British Expeditionary Force), the preliminary dispositions of 8 Div, and the officers of the Indian Corps; comment on the RN bombardment of the Dardanelles forts. 2pp.