Key Information
Reference code
ROBERTSON, WR 4/4/54
Title
Telegram from Robertson to Lieutenant General George Milne, 4 Nov 1916, about the French high command in the Balkans
Date(s)
- 1916 Nov 4 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1p
Scope and content
Telegram (R66) from Robertson to temporary Lt Gen George Francis Milne, General Officer Commanding in Chief, British Salonika Force, on the possibility that French Gen Maurice Paul Emmanuel Sarrail may be replaced as Commander of the Allied Army of the Orient, and impressing the need for Milne to emphasise to French Gen Pierre Roques, French War Minister, the troops required for and the enormous preparations involved in attempting an advance towards Sofia and the defeat of Bulgaria. 1p.