Item ROBERTSON, WR 7/7/19 - Letter from Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig to Robertson, 15 Apr 1917, on the need for greater British governmental authority over British Armies in France

Letter to Robertson from FM Sir Douglas Haig, Commander in Chief, British Armies in France, commenting on the need of the British Government to reestablish its authority over the British Armies in France; condemning the decision of the War Cabinet, at the Anglo-French London Conference of 15/16 Jan, to agree to a British takeover of more of the French line on the Western Front, leaving Haig without a large reserve with which to exploit recent successes. 3pp.