Key Information
Reference code
ROBERTSON, WR 7/2/24
Title
Letter from Robertson to Major General Charles Callwell, 16 Oct 1915, on Robertson's belief that the war can only be won on the Western Front
Date(s)
- 1915 Oct 16 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
4pp
Scope and content
Letter from Robertson to temporary Maj Gen Charles Edward Callwell, Director of Military Operations and Intelligence at the War Office, expressing doubts that supremacy in the Balkans will have any long term advantage for the Germans, and his opinion that the war will be won by wearing down the German Army on the Western Front; a brief description of the end of the Battle of Loos, Western Front, on 8 Oct. 4pp.