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Add MS 45416
- Record Id:
- 032-002018165
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002018165
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000037.0x000052
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- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 45416
- Title:
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HAIG'S 'ORDER OF THE DAY': the draft text of the special order of the day addressed 'To All ranks of the British Forces in France' by Field- Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig 1919, as Commander-in-Chief of the British Armies in France.
- Scope & Content:
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HAIG'S 'ORDER OF THE DAY': the draft text of the special order of the day addressed 'To All ranks of the British Forces in France' by Field- Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig 1919, as Commander-in-Chief of the British Armies in France; 11 Apr. 1918. Autograph. Signed. The order, which became popularly known as 'the backs to the wall message', was issued on the third day of the German (Lys) offensive in Flanders, when the enemy, having forced back the British-Portuguese line between Givenchy and Messines, seemed to have every chance of reaching Hazebrouck and cutting off the Belgian Army and the British Second Army. For the final version of the text, differing only in minor detail from the corrected state of this draft, see Sir J. E. Edmonds, Military Operations: France and Belgium, 1918, ii, 1937, p. 512, App. 10. Paper; ff. i + 1. Quarto. A.D. 1918. f. i is a typewritten descriptive note, approved by Sir J. E. Edmonds. Bequeathed by Sir Philip Sassoon, Bart., private secretary to Earl Haig 1915-1918.
Army; England: Order of the Day by Field-Marshal Sir D. Haig, C-in-C. of the British Armies in France: 1918.: Autogr. Signed.
Field-Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig: Order of the Day, as British C-in-C. in France: 1918.: Autogr.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
Europeana Collections 1914-1918 - Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002018165
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002018165
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_45416 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1918
- End Date:
- 1918
- Date Range:
- 11 Apr 1918
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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Crown Copyright and provided under an Open Government Licence.
- Custodial History:
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Sir Philip Albert Gustave David Sassoon, 3rd Baronet: Bequeathed: in 1939.
Crown Copyright and provided under an Open Government Licence.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)