Militärdienst
He was the Director of the ecole de Guerre from 1908-11.
He took part in the Somme Campaign in 1916.
He was appointed as the Chief of the General Staff of the French Army in 1917.
He was created as a Field Marshall. In 04/1918 he was appointed as the Commander-in-Chief of the Armies of France, Britain, and the United States in France.
In 1919 he was created a Field Marshall in the British Army by King George V.
Referenzen
Livesay, Anthony (1989)