Item KIGGELL 1/47 - Letter from Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig to Kiggell, Jan 1917, about Western Front planning

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KIGGELL 1/47

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Letter from Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig to Kiggell, Jan 1917, about Western Front planning

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  • 1917 Jan 18 (Creation)

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Letter from FM Sir Douglas Haig, Commander in Chief, British Armies in France, on the postponement of the planned British offensive on the Aubers Ridge in order to support the French army during the Nivelle offensive, and giving the main points made in a meeting between French Gen Robert Georges Nivelle, Commander in Chief of the French army, the Rt Hon David Lloyd George, British Prime Minister, and Haig. 4pp.

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