BRITISH GENERALS
' CHANGES IN COMMANDS i ' By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, December 22. The War. Office announces that Sir ' Charles Monro, jiotv commanding the British Forces _in the Mediterranean, has been appointed to command the ' First Army in France (held hy Sir , Douglas Haig prior to his promotion , to Commander-in-Chief). Sir Archibald Murray (l.ito Deputy- '' Chief of the Imperial General Staff) ■ succeeds to the command thus vacated. . • Major-General Whigham has been appointed as General Robertson's deputy, and General Kiggell as Sir Douglas [ Haig's Chief of Staff. J The High Commissioner reports: — London, December 22, 6.50 p.m. Tiie War Office announces that Gen- . era! Monro succeeds Sir Douglas Haig , in command of the First Army. General ; Sir Archibald Murray succeeds General Monro, Lieutenant-General Sir (W. R. ?) ' .Robertson becomes Chief of Imperial General Staff.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2652, 24 December 1915, Page 5
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131BRITISH GENERALS Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2652, 24 December 1915, Page 5
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