William Robertson28 December 1915
Cabinet endorses Robertsons & Haigs decision for the Western Front to have priority
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Cabinet endorses Robertsons & Haigs decision for the Western Front to have priority
As the Battle of the Somme comes to a bitterly cold end, a meeting is held between the Allied generals at Chantilly just outside Paris, a decision is reached by Generals Haig and Joffre that on the Western Front things would recommence in February
The new French Commander in Chief, Robert Nivelle, believed that a concentrated attack by French forces on the Western Front in Spring 1917 could break the German front and lead to a quick victory
Serves on the Western Front during the Somme campaign
Appointed Brigade-Major in the Western Front in France
From September a series of Allied offensives on the Western Front were launched in sequence at about the same time as the main Meuse-Argonne Offensive
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