Item ROBERTSON, WR 7/6/71 - Letter from General Sir Douglas Haig to Robertson, 27 Aug 1916, on subjects including a tank demonstration and British-French negotiations

Letter to Robertson from Gen Sir Douglas Haig, Commander in Chief, British Armies in France, on a tank demonstration, and his opinion that their effect could be great; Haig's attendance at an Anglo-French Conference at Saleux, France, and negotiations concerning the cooperation of the British Army in a joint offensive on the Western Front during early Sep, despite the large British operation on the Somme (Battle of Flers-Courcelette) planned for later in the month; figures provided by Robertson to the French Higher Command concerning strengths of the British Army on the Western Front. 4pp.