Item ROBERTSON, WR 7/6/25 - Letter from General Sir Douglas Haig to Robertson, 19 Feb 1916, on the locations of possible German attacks on the Western Front

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ROBERTSON, WR 7/6/25

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Letter from General Sir Douglas Haig to Robertson, 19 Feb 1916, on the locations of possible German attacks on the Western Front

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  • 1916 Feb 19 (Creation)

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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.

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