Item ROBERTSON, WR 7/6/6 - Letter from General Sir Douglas Haig to Robertson, 3 Jan 1916, on subjects including Egypt, Salonika (Thessaloniki), the Western Front and French gas masks

Letter to Robertson from Gen Sir Douglas Haig, Commander in Chief, British Armies in France, on the reduction of the garrison in Egypt; the inability of the French Government to withdraw from Salonika, Greece, despite the urgings of the British and French soldiers; friendly relations with the French at the Chantilly Conference, especially concerning the planning of future Western Front operations in the Somme area, the start date of which depends upon the timing of Russian offensives; negotiations with the French generals concerning the inadequacies of the French gas mask. 6pp.