Key Information
Reference code
ROBERTSON, WR 7/7/72
Title
Letter from Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig to Robertson, 18 Dec 1917, about planning for Allied operations on the Western Front in Jan 1918
Date(s)
- 1917 Dec 18 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
4pp
Scope and content
Letter to Robertson from FM Sir Douglas Haig, Commander in Chief, British Armies in France, giving a report of an interview with French Gen Henri-Philippe Benoni Omer Pétain, Commander in Chief, French Armies on the Western Front, in which they discussed a predicted German attack on the Western Front in January and the need to strengthen defences and collect reserves to combat it; Haig's agreement to relieve the two French divisions on his right by 10 Jan, and to take over the line to the River Oise, France, by the end of Jan; a scheme to integrate US Infantry into British units. 4pp.