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Description: | Kitchener visits French Army headquarters at Compiègne, 15th August 1916.
General Joffre, General Foch and Minister of War Millerand wait at Compiègne station for Kitchener's train. He arrives with his ADC Colonel O A FitzGerald and Brigadier-General the Honourable H Yarde-Buller (not Major-General as in the captions), and inspects the guard of honour. The party, led by Kitchener and Joffre, walk through a wood towards a slit trench. They observe practice manoeuvres (not seen) from this trench, which is clearly in a safe area but is described by the caption as "the front line trenches". Lord Kitchener reviews French colonial troops. Millerand gives Yarde-Buller, and FitzGerald (not seen) the Legion of Honour, and Joffre decorates men of a colonial division for bravery.
35mm | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Joffre Kitchener Millerand Fitzgerald 01/3(4-15).5 Race Alexandre Foch French Army O A Henry [colonial troops] Ferdinand J M Horatio Herbert Joseph Jacques Cesaire Yarde-Buller | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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