Key Information
Reference code
ROBERTSON, WR 7/7/25
Title
Letter from Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig to Robertson, 29 Apr 1917, about French high command changes
Date(s)
- 1917 Apr 29 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
3pp
Scope and content
Letter to Robertson from FM Sir Douglas Haig, Commander in Chief, British Armies in France, on changes in the French Higher Command, notably the appointment of by French Gen Henri-Philippe Benoni Omer Pétain as French Army Chief of Staff; the trend of the French Government towards employing a more defensive policy on the Western Front, and Haig's desire to set in motion a British offensive in Flanders to clear the Belgian coast. 3pp.