Marie Emile Fayolle, French First World War general Product:Canvas The son of Sir William

The son of Sir William Herschel

DAMPIERS New Voyage to NEW HOLLAND &c

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View of the Russell Institution

Marie Emile Fayolle, French First World War general Product:Canvas The son of Sir WilliamMarie Emile Fayolle, French First World War general, (1926). A general with a background in the artillery, Fayolle (1858 1926) was brought out of retirement when war broke out in 1914. He commanded the French Sixth Army on the right flank of the British during the Somme Offensive in 1916. He then commanded the First Army before being transferred to the Italian Front when French forces were deployed there to assist the Italians in November 1917.