Key Information
Reference code
ROBERTSON, WR 7/7/81
Title
Letter from Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig to Robertson, 20 Jan 1918, about a meeting to discuss future operations on the Western Front
Date(s)
- 1918 Jan 20 (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 a meeting with French Gen Henri-Philippe Benoni Omer Pétain, Commander in Chief, French Armies on the Western Front, and US Gen John Joseph Pershing, Commander in Chief American Expeditionary Forces in Europe, to discuss the British takeover of French line and future strategy on the Western Front, and the employment of US Infantry within British divisions; arrangements for a further conference between Haig, Robertson, Pétain, Pershing, and French Gen Ferdinand Foch, French Army Chief of Staff. 3pp.