Key Information
Reference code
ROBERTSON, WR 7/6/1
Title
Letter from General Sir Douglas Haig to Robertson, 5 Dec 1915, on subjects including the best deployment of recruits
Date(s)
- 1915 Dec 5 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
3pp
Scope and content
Letter to Robertson from Gen Sir Douglas Haig, General Officer Commanding, 1 Army, British Armies in France, on his preference for recruits to strengthen existing units on the Western Front, as opposed to the formation of two complete Territorial Force divisions; the requests of the cavalry corps for the yeomanry drafts to be sent out to France, and for recruiting into the cavalry to be reopened. 3pp.