Son defends Haig's role at Somme
SOURCE: BBC (6-30-06)
The son of the British commander at the Somme has defended his father on the eve of the battle's 90th anniversary.
Field Marshal Douglas Haig's role in the World War I battle has made him a controversial military figure.
Haig - buried at Dryburgh Abbey in the Borders - was a hero at the end of the war but subsequently branded by some historians as a "butcher".
His son George Alexander Eugene Douglas Haig, 2nd Earl Haig, has spoken out to "set the record straight".
Field Marshal Douglas Haig's role in the World War I battle has made him a controversial military figure.
Haig - buried at Dryburgh Abbey in the Borders - was a hero at the end of the war but subsequently branded by some historians as a "butcher".
His son George Alexander Eugene Douglas Haig, 2nd Earl Haig, has spoken out to "set the record straight".
Source:
BBC
Source URL:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/south_of_scotland/5133100.stm
Date:
6-30-06
