| Show HERO OF WOOLD SUCCUMBS PEARL EARL OF YPRES BETTER KNOWN AS FIELD MARSHAL FRENCH CALLED BY DEATH carried high rank in british military circles wasl was called luckiest man in the great world war deal eng the farl earl of kypres ypres better known as field mershal french british world war hero lied died here at the agte of 73 the earl of ypres cypres taid underwent erwen t an operation on march 19 soon thereafter he ha was reported to bo be ru drucover cover in 9 but subsequently his condition became worse rising to the highest places honors in british military circles the earl of oc cypres ypres often was characterized 1 I BH as the luckiest man tn ill the he army and french luck became almost proverbial among the british soldiers later events eventa however caused a difference of opinion as aa to the tha luck had been on the Bold soldiers lers side or on that of the british army and the british empire the most important event of his career which had to do with these two ideas was the historic battle of tares in the world war the winning of which barred the channel ch anel ports corf from the germans and saved england from probable invasion it was at cypres ypres that the germans first resorted to their deadly gas attucks attacks a form ot of warfare that impelled the british commander to deplore the fact that an army would stoop so BO low in 1907 french was wan appointed inspector general of the forces and five years later he was made chief of the imperial general staff he was mado made a field marshal in 1913 and as such went to france at the beginning 0 of the world war as commander in chief of the expeditionary forces hero here again he displayed his extraordinary ability its as a military leader lie ile was in a way responsible tor for the change in the british cabinet resulting lit in the creation of the kinstry of munitions at tile the head of which former premier lloyd george succeeded I 1 in awakening the munitions manufacturers to the necessity of rallying to the aid of the soldiers in the field in the early engagements in francu franco frenchs franchs Frenc hs army was outnumbered by the tha enemy and short of high explosives to halt the german advance to the latter was attributed the necessity for the strategic retreat front from mons along la in which he handled the sorely tried british army in masterly fashion later with men under tinder his command he scored his great victory at ypres cypres |
