Key Information
Reference code
ROBERTSON, WR 7/7/77
Title
Letter from Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig to Robertson, 7 Jan 1918, about the possibility of a reduction in Allied troops on the Western Front
Date(s)
- 1918 Jan 7 (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, explaining that the War Cabinet will use Haig's assertion that there may not be a German attack on the Western Front in 1918 to legitimately reduce the number of men drafted there, despite the requests of the Army Council and the General Staff. 3pp.