Schlieffen redivivus
Sir: Mr Woodcock-Clarke (Letters, 13 September) wonders whether the French or the British really had no inkling of the Schlieffen Plan.
Winston Churchill, in The World Crisis 1911-1918, described a secret special meet- ing of the Committee of Imperial Defence which he attended on 23 August 1911.
General Wilson, as Director of Military Operations, stated the views of the General Staff . . . he unfolded, with what proved after- wards to be extreme accuracy, the German plan for attacking France in the event of a war . . .
Overwhelming detailed evidence was adduced to show that the Germans had made every preparation for marching through Bel- gium. The great military camps in close prox- imity to the frontier, the enormous depots, the reticulation of railways, the endless sid- ings, revealed with the utmost clearness and beyond all doubt their design. . . .
Lindsey Platt
3 Sherwood Avenue, Fallowfield, Manchester
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