KITCHENER AND FRENCH
BEMABKABLE REVELATION. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. "LONDON, May 6. (Received May 7, at 9.5 a.m.) Lord French's history of the campaign of 1914 reveals that Lord Kitchener went to Paris on September 1 of that year, adopted the tone of supreme commander, and announced his intention of taking the field. Lord French refused to accept Lord Kitchener's orders, whereupon Lord Kitchener yielded. [Lord French relinquished the position of Commander-in-Chief of the British Forces in the Field on 15th December, 1915. A week later Sir William Robertson, succeeding Sir Archibald Monro as Chief of the Imperial General Staff, relieved Lord Kitchener of part of his duties as Secretary of State for War by assuring the supreme direction of all operations. Lord Kitchener perished with H.M.S. Hampshire, mined off the Orkneys on sth June, 1916.]
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Evening Star, Issue 17037, 7 May 1919, Page 4
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KITCHENER AND FRENCH
Evening Star, Issue 17037, 7 May 1919, Page 4
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