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EARL OF YPRES DIES
AFTER LONG ILLNESS
DEAL, England, May 22—Former
Field Marshal French, titled the
Earl of Ypres, died here today al
ter a lengthy illness.
Rising to the highest places and
honors in British military circles,
the Earl of Ypres often was charac
terized as “the luckiest man in the
army” and French’s luck was almost
proverbial among the British sol
diers. Later events, however, caus
ed a difference of opinion as to
whether the luck had been on the
soldier’s side or on that of the Brit
ci
■a
isli Army and the British 'Empire.
Perhaps the most important event
of his career which had to do with
these two ideas was the historic bat
tle of Ypres in the World war, the
winning of which barred the channel
ports from the Germans and saved
England from probable invasion. It
was at Ypres that the Germans first
resorted to their deadly gas attacks,
a form of warfare that impelled the
British commander to deplore the
fact that an army would stoop so
low.
What was termed the earl’s big
gest piece of sheer luck occurred in
1895 when the British military au
thorities decided to revise the cav
alry drill book as a prelude to re
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organization of the mounted arm. At
that time he was Colonel French, on
the retired list at half pay and had
been for two years, having been
shelved at the age of 41 to give
younger men a chance for promotion.
His career apparently was ended.
It happened that the inspector gen
eral of cavalry was Sir George Luck,
under whom French had served in
India, where he performed brilliant
ly in bringing cavalry commands up
to a high point of efficiency. Sir
George had not forgotten that ser
vice and brought Colonel French out
of the retirement list to write the
new cavalry book. The result was
characterized as “a masterpiece of
lucid explanation and terse precis
ion.” Then the question arose as to
who was to carry out the altera
tions called for in the book. Some
answered “the one who suggested
them.” French was made assistant
adjutant general of cavalry and pro
ceeded to climb upward to the com
mand of the first 100,000 British sol
diers who met the first terrific on
slaughts of the Germans in the
World war.
In the meantime French had made
extensive reforms and was given
command of a cavalry brigade. In
the maneuvers of 1898 he attracted
the attention of the entire British
army. In these, thru extraordinarily
daring operation, he completely baf
fled his opponent, a general using
methods which had be regarded as
efficient and necessary until French’s
genius made them antiquated. French
became a major general the next
year.
The Boer War was to French only
another opportunity to show the abil
ity which the British military author
ities had shelved seven years before.
He was given the chief cavalry com
mand and In numerous operations
he proved himself both a great
strategist and a superior tactician.
He was mentioned in many dispatch
es and went back to England at the
close of the war to be knighted and
given the command of all the troops
at Aldershot with the rank of lieut
enant general.
In 1907 French was appointed in
spector general of the forces and
five years later he was made chief
of the imperial general staff. He
was made a field marshal in 1913
and as such went to France at the
beginning of the World War as com
mander in chief of the expeditionary
forces. Here again he displayed his
extraordinary ability as a military
leader. He was, in a way, responsi
ble for the change in the British
cabinet resulting in the creation of
the ministry of munitions, at the head
of which former Premier Lloyd
George succeeded in awakening the
munitions manufacturers to the ne
cessity of rallying to the aid of the
soldiers in the field.
In the early engagements in
France, French’s army was outnum
bered by the enemy and short of
high explosives to halt the German
advance. To the latter was attribut
ed the necessity for the strategic re
treat from Mons, in which lie han
dled the sorely tried British army
in masterly fashion. Later with 1,
000,000 men under his command lie
scored his great victory at Ypres.
Reporting on his operations the
field marshal wrote: “The glorious
troops under my command had gone
valiantly to their death when a few
more guns and a few more shell?
would have many times saved their
sacrifice. And still no sufficient sup
plies came.” Criticized at home for
permitting the Germans almost im
pregnably to entrench themselves,
French became involved in a con
troversy with Lord Kitchener, his
former South African commanded,
then secretary of state for war.
The late Lord Northciiffe made a
visit to the British front and upon
his return bluntly told the facts of
the shell shortages. It was then
that the change in the cabinet was
made with the result that the factor
ies speeded up and turned out an im
mense amount of shells and other
war implements.
Afiti 16 months of intensive war
fare in France, French relinquished
command of the Britts i forces to
Field Ma'shal Haig and raUv-r.ed to
Engine l. lie was created a uut
and made commander in chief of
the troops in the United Kingdom,
a post he held until 1918. Then ha
was made lord lieutenant of Ireland,
and served until April 30, 1921, when
the Home Rule Partition Act took
efect and Viscount Fitzalan became
viceroy. On December 19, 1919, when
motoring through Ireland an attempt j
was made to assassinate the lord |
lieutenant. His party was fired upon
from ambush, but French escaped
Injury.
Upon retirement as lord lieuten
ant of Ireland, French was creat
ed an earl by King George. His new
honor was not gazetted for nearly a
year afterward, when it was official
ly announced that he had elected to
be known as the Earl of Ypres after
the place of his great victory in the
war. Some surprise was occasioned
by his title selection, it being quite
unusual to take the name of a for
eign place for a title, only a few
of such examples appearing in the
British records.
The Earl of Ypres, John Denton
Pinkstone French, was the son of a
captain of the Royal navy and was
born Sept. 28, 1858, at Ripple, Kent.
He joined H. M. S. Britannia in 1866
and was a naval cadet and midship
man four years. He entered the army
in 1874.
The earl was an ardent admirer
and student of Napoleon whom he
regarded as the greatest strategist
the world has ever known. In fol
lowing closely Napoleon’s campaigns
he had covered much of the very
ground in Belgium, where years lat
er he was called upon to combat as
formidable a foe as the Little Cor
poral ever faced. French’s knowl
edge of Belgian soil was said to
have been an enormous help tb him.
And this, some insisted, was an
other bit of French luck.
In 1880 the earl married Eleanora,
daughter of R. W. Selby-Lowndes.
Mrs. O. L. Amigh, nurse during th.e
Civil War, and now 86 years old, is
doing active duty as parole officer at
the State training school for girls at
Birmingham, Alabama.
Albert Derancourt, aged 8, recently
drove the win-ning auto in a race in
Paris at an average speed of more
than 100 miles an hour. He has been
driving a car since he was four years
of age.
When a little Charleston girl saw
her cat carrying a kitten in its mouth
she cried out: “You ain’t fit to be a
mother; you ain’t hardly fit to be a
father.”
CREW BE DISPATCHED
ON SEWARD-KENA! ROAD
A crew of men will be sent out on
the Seward-Kenai road tomorrow, by
the Bureau of Public Roads depart
ment, for the purpose of repairing
and putting in shape such portions
of the road which are now passable.
For seven or eight miles out of Se
ward, considerable snow is yet lying
on the road and in other spots, re
pairing is needed badly. The 18-mile
stretch of road, complete from Se
ward to the lake, completed last
summer, is expected to be open for
traffic about the middle of next
month.
Miss Mary Watson, physicial in
structor in a woman’s college at Still
water, Okla., includes practice with
bow and arrow and horseshoe pitch
ing in the course for girls under her
charge.
Strict measures for the preservation
of big game is being taken by France
in its African possessions.
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