General Sarrail inspects the Macedonian front

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World War 1 - General Sarrail inspects the Macedonian front 1915. Maurice Sarrail (1856 – 1929) French general of the First World War. Sarrail endeared himself to the political elite of the Third Republic through his openly socialist views. In 1914 he commanded the Third Army in the Ardennes, but when mounting losses soured his early successes, Joseph Joffre, who personally disliked him, took the opportunity to dismiss him. The political uproar this caused on the Left led to him receiving command of the French Army of the Orient, which was despatched to Salonika in October 1915. In January 1916 he was granted command of all Allied forces in the Macedonian theatre

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