id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 41398 nan Generals of the British Army Portraits in Colour with Introductory and Biographical Notes .txt text/plain 16951 1006 74 His great military talents were first proved in the South African War. After acting as D.A.A.G. for the Cavalry in Natal, he became the Chief Field-Marshal Lord French as Commander-in-Chief of the British Forces in He commanded the Rhodesian Field Force and was the first British soldier in April of that year from the command of the Second Army, Sir Herbert outbreak of the European War he commanded the 3rd Cavalry Brigade during In the First Battle of Ypres, when the small British Army bolted the Sir Henry Rawlinson's 7th Division and General Smith-Dorrien's II Corps. In June Sir Edmund Allenby was transferred to the command of the British In the Battle of Arras he commanded the British left. In June Sir Julian Byng succeeded General Allenby in command of the this war ("Special credit is due to Major-General Haking, commanding Chief General Staff Officer of the Scottish Command. ./cache/41398.txt ./txt/41398.txt