Key Information
Reference code
ROBERTSON, WR 7/5/49
Title
Report by Robertson, 24 Jan 1917, on recent planning decisions for Western Front operations
Date(s)
- 1917 Jan 24 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
12pp
Scope and content
Report by Robertson following a recent conference between French Gen Robert Georges Nivelle, Commander in Chief, French Armies on the Western Front, and FM Sir Douglas Haig, Commander in Chief, British Armies in France, outlining and commenting upon the plan of operation for the Nivelle offensive on the Western Front, noting that it will render impossible the British desire for an offensive in Flanders, and warning against beginning operations before all the Allies are sufficiently prepared. 12pp.