Key Information
Reference code
ROBERTSON, WR 1/1
Title
Papers relating to a War Office war game exercise, 1905, intended to test British protection of Belgian neutrality in the event of a war between Germany and France
Date(s)
- 1905 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Scope and content
Bound volume entitled 'Records of a strategic war game', prepared by the Directorate of Military Operations, General Staff, War Office, describing the preliminary work and the course of operations, and providing a summary and conclusion, for an exercise by the Directorate, under the command of Maj Gen James Moncrieff Grierson, Director of Military Operations, exploring the military protection of Belgian neutrality by Great Britain during a Franco-German war. Robertson acted as Commander of the German Forces. 1 vol.