Key Information
Reference code
ROBERTSON, WR 3/2/10
Title
Notes, [Oct] 1915, on the situation in the Balkans and Gallipoli and reasons for concentrating resources on the Western Front
Date(s)
- 1915 [Oct] (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
4pp
Scope and content
Notes [by Robertson] commenting on a memorandum prepared by the Admiralty War Staff and the General Staff, War Office, on the existing situation in the Balkans and Dardanelles, giving an estimation on the amount of time it would take to move a force of 8 divisions from France to Gallipoli, and reasons for not doing so, namely his view of the Western Front as the most important theatre of military operations. 4pp.