Key Information
Reference code
ROBERTSON, WR 7/6/47
Title
Letter from General Sir Douglas Haig to Robertson, 3 Jun 1916, on subjects including French officer training and planned operations on the Western Front
Date(s)
- 1916 Jun 3 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
2pp
Scope and content
Letter to Robertson from Gen Sir Douglas Haig, Commander in Chief, British Armies in France, on the teaching of the instructors at officers' schools in France, and trench mortar training; the lack of confidence of the French in their ability to hold Verdun, and the possible effect upon the proposed British offensive on the Western Front (Battle of the Somme). 2pp.