EXIT VON FALKENHAYN

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2864, 31 August 1916, Page 5

EXIT VON FALKENHAYN

' HINDENBURG BECOMES GERMAN CHIEF OF STAFF y (By Telegraph—Press Association—l>pyright). . (Ksuter's Telegram.) (Rec. August 30, 8.5 p.m.) . • i - ■ London, August 30. Official—General von Falkenhayjv Chief of the German General Staff, has been dismissed. Field-Marshal von Hindenburg will succeed him. GERMAN "OFFICIAL .ANNOUNCEMENT. . (Rec. August 31, 0.30 a.m.) , . _ ~ ' London) Atigust 30. , An official message from Berlin states that General von Falkenhayn will be employed, m-auotheiv capacity. Field-Marshal von Beneckendorf-and-Hin-denburg (his . full name) has been appointed Chief of the General Staff of tho neld array. , ' general Ton Falkenhayn became Chief of the German General Staff on the fa" of the late von' Moltke, and the Eastern drive, the Balkans thrust, and the Verdun assault aro attributed to his policy—a gambler's' policy, sav tlio critics. He was recognised as a brilliant'strategist, but somewhat of a gambler, in war, as he was in peace, and he achieved a remarkable ascen- , °7 or ™ 1G Kaiser. He is a maai of distinguished appearance, polished, a brilliant conversationalist, the exact opposite of his - sucked']™ 11 Hm ? enbuT S> ois stern * simple; unassuming, -unpolished, 0 iron-