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General Pan, the French one-armed hero and Joffre’s right-hand man, is 67. Sir William Robertson, the British Chief of Staff, is 65, the same age as General von Falkenhayn, who holds a corresponding position in the German armies. General Foch, the Frenchman who broke the Germans at the Marne, is 64/ King Peter of Serbia, who personally took the field at the head of his army directly war broke out, had turned 70. Amongst those responsible for the conduct :.of the war at sea* Admiral Lord Fisher is 74; Sir Arthur Wilson is 63 Sir Henry Jackson is turned 60; while Grand Admiral von Tirpitz, the man whose policy is responsible for the Lusitania and the baby-killing raids on Scarborough and elsewhere, is 66.

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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XLIII, Issue 18, 4 May 1916, Page 37

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Untitled New Zealand Tablet, Volume XLIII, Issue 18, 4 May 1916, Page 37

Untitled New Zealand Tablet, Volume XLIII, Issue 18, 4 May 1916, Page 37