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^^ttmlT. 29884 r<y^5 1271P SUPPLEMENT TO The London Gazette Of FRIDA Y, the 29th 0/ DECEMBER, 1916. The Gazette is registered at the General Post Office for transmission by Inland Post as a newspaper. The postage rate to places vnthin the United Kingdom, for each copy, is one halfpenny for the first 6 ozs., and an additional halfpenny for each subsequent 6 ozs. or part thereof. For places abroad the rate is a halfpenny for every 2 ounces, except in the case of Canada, to which tlie Canadian Magazine Postage rate applies. FRIDAY, 29 DECEMBER, 1916. War Office, 22th December, 1916. The ioliowing Despatch has been received by the Secretary of State for War from General Sir Douglas Haig, G.C.B., Commanding-in- Chief, the British Forces in France:— General Headquarters^ 23rd December, 1916. My Lord, I have the honour to submit the following report on the operations of the Forces under my Command since the 19th May, the date of my last Despatch. 1. The principle of an offensive campaign during the summer of 1916 had already been decided on by all the Allies. The various possible alternatives on the Western front had been studied and discussed by General Joffre and myself, and we were in complete agree-ment as to the front to be attacked by the combined French and British Armies. Pre-parations for our offensive had made con-siderable progress; but as the date on which the attack should begin was dependent on many doubtful factors, a final decision on that point was deferred until the general situation should become clearer. Subject to the necessity of commencing operations before the summer was too far ad-vanced, and with due regard to the general situation, I desired to postpone my attack aa long as possible. The British Armies were growing in numbers and the supply of muni-tions was steadily increasing. Moreover a very large proportion of the officers and men under my command were still far from being fully trained, and the longer the attack could be deferred the more efiicient they would become. On the other hand the Germans were continu-ing to press their attacks at Verdun, and both there and on the Italian front, where the Austrian offensive was gaining ground, it was evident that the strain might become too great to be borne unless timely action were taken to relieve it. Accordingly, while maintaining constant touch with General Joffre in regard to all these considerations, my preparations were pushed on, and I agreed, with the consent of H.M. Government, that my attack should be launched whenever the general situation re-quired it with as great a force as I might then be able to make available. 2. By the end of May the pressure of the enemy on the Italian front had assumed such serious proportions that the Russian campaign was opened early in June, and the brilliant ^-vv
Object Description
Title | Supplement to The London gazette of Friday, the 29th of December, 1916 |
Date | 1916 |
Time period (decade) | 1910-1919 |
Creator | Haig, Douglas,Sir, 1861-1928 |
Subject headings | World War, 1914-1918 |
Type | Text |
Original format | pamphlets;books |
Physical description | p. 12,719-12,734 (15 p.) 31 cm. |
Original publisher | London: H.M.S.O., Wyman & Sons |
Language | en |
Contributing institution | Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries |
Source collection | World War I Pamphlet Collection |
Rights statement | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
Additional rights information | NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES. This item has been determined to be free of copyright restrictions in the United States. The user is responsible for determining actual copyright status for any reuse of the material. |
Call number | D521.H270 1916 |
Object ID | supplementtolond00haig |
Date digitized | 2010 |
Digital publisher | The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304 |
Digitized by | Internet Archive |
Sponsor | Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation |
Internet Archive link | http://www.archive.org/details/supplementtolond00haig |
Notes | Caption title.; Dispatch from Sir Douglas Haig.; "29884." |
OCLC number | 871544819 |