Title

Auguste Dubail, French First World War general, (1926). Artist: Unknown

Caption

Auguste Dubail, French First World War general, (1926). Dubail (1851-1934) was commander of the French 1st Army at the beginning of the war. Although unsuccessful in trying to recapture Lorraine from the Germans, the 1st Army's defence of the heights of the Meuse was crucial in preventing the Germans from routing the French armies in the war's opening stages. Promoted in 1915 to command the Eastern Army Group, Dubail predicted the coming German offensive at Verdun, but his warning and his request for artillery reinforcements were ignored. When the German blow did fall, Dubail was made a scapegoat and dismissed from his command by Joseph Joffre, the French Commander-in-Chief. He saw out the rest of the war as military governor of Paris.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1926

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C14_206

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (1,7Mb) / 11,9in x 16,4in / 3563 x 4909 (300dpi)

Keywords

people male face man men cap country French France body guy headdress color colour war front location century moustache general soldiers soldier first world war concept headgear Army warfare commander military uniform World War I WWI Military personnel World War One 1910s 20th century The Print Collector 1st World War the body Western Front WW1 Auguste Dubail portrait Unknown Auguste Dubail General Dubail portrait