Key Information
Reference code
ROBERTSON, WR 7/6/24
Title
Letter from General Sir Douglas Haig to Robertson, 18 Feb 1916, on a meeting with General Sir Herbert Plumer about operations on the Western Front
Date(s)
- 1916 Feb 18 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
4pp
Scope and content
Letter to Robertson from Gen Sir Douglas Haig, Commander in Chief, British Armies in France, recounting a meeting between himself and Gen Sir Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, General Officer Commanding, 2 Army, British Armies in France, concerning the inadequacy of the defences in the St Eloi sector, Belgium; the appointment of temporary Lt Gen Sir George (Henry) Fowke as Adjutant General, British Armies in France; the request of French Gen Edouard de Castelnau, French Army Chief of Staff, that the British relieve French 10 Army in readiness for a German attack on Verdun, France. 4pp.