10 MAY 1997, page 29

The Mystery Deepens

Sir: It seems odd that Alice von Schlieffen, great-granddaughter of the architect of the Schlieffen Plan, who has initiated and sus- tained the long correspondence on its......

Sir: Are We Sure That Alice Von Schlieffen Is Not

a nom de plume for Alastair Forbes? Ian Jordan 3 Terrapins, Lovelace Road, Surbiton, Surrey......

Sir: On The Subject Of 'antics', If Alice Von Schlieffen

exists, perhaps she could tell us how she rates Erich von Falkenhayn's Ver- dun offensive which after ten months of bat- tle and a third of a million casualties gained the......

A Hardy Race

Sir: Your piece about the queer goings-on on Hampstead Heath (`There's something in the undergrowth', 19 April) calls to mind a robust Churchill anecdote. A 'Churchill courtier......

Sir: Everyone, Including Alice Von Schlief- Fen, Has...

point in the long-drawn- out correspondence concerning her grand- father's plan. His strategy was a repetition of that applied so successfully by the Ger- man Confederation in......