Key Information
Reference code
ROBERTSON, WR 7/6/25
Title
Letter from General Sir Douglas Haig to Robertson, 19 Feb 1916, on the locations of possible German attacks on the Western Front
Date(s)
- 1916 Feb 19 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
3pp
Scope and content
Letter to Robertson from Gen Sir Douglas Haig, Commander in Chief, British Armies in France, on a discussion with French Gen Edouard de Castelnau, Chief of Staff to the French Armies on the Western Front, on the likelihood of a German attack on the Western Front at Verdun, and Haig's refusal to relieve French 10 Army due to possible German attacks on the British front. 3pp.