Key Information
Reference code
ROBERTSON, WR 4/4/85
Title
Telegram from Robertson to Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, 13 Jun 1917, about re-drafting a text by Haig on planned Western Front operations
Date(s)
- 1917 Jun 13 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
2pp
Scope and content
Telegram (R142) from Robertson to FM Sir Douglas Haig, Commander in Chief, British Armies in France, concerning alterations to Haig's appreciation, for the War Cabinet, of the forthcoming Flanders offensive (Third Battle of Ypres), notably the deletion of an appendix containing assessments of the strength of the German Army. 2pp.