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The Galerie de Bois

18th century (c1890-c1893)

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General Maurice Sarrail, Allied commander in Greece during World War I mb-width 2321 The Galerie de BoisGeneral Maurice Sarrail, Allied commander in Greece during World War I, (1926). Sarrail (1856 1929) commanded the French 3rd Army on the Western Front from August 1914. The French Commander in Chief, General Joffre, sacked Sarrail from his command in 1915 because of his openly socialist views and criticism of Joffre's command of the army. Sarrail had prominent allies in political circles however and as a result he was given command of the French army