MESOPOTAMIA.

Taihape Daily Times, 8 March 1918, Page 5

MESOPOTAMIA.

THE NEW COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF

The new commandcr-in-chief in Mesopotamia; General Sir William Eaine Marshall, is the right man in the right place, for he was one ‘ of the late Sir Stanley Maude’s most valued commanders. A handsome man of fifty-two, with a short iron-grey moustache, dark eyebrows, smiling eyes, and a kindly disposition, he has the typical British soldier’s physique, without an ounce of superfluous flesh —a wiry-looking man, evidently capable of much endurance. General Marshall’s experience has been gained in varied fields, from the north-wmst frontier of India, to South Africa, where he commanded an infantry battalion and afterwards a mobile column In 1914 he went to France iiThommand of a battalion of Sherwood Foresters. Some time ago a man was wanted for a certain difficult job, and the late Sir Stanley Maude, was asked if he could recommend one of his assistants. “The only fellow I know who could do this job better than anyone else is Marshall,” was his reply, "but I cannot spare him.”