Noel de Castelnau, French World War I general Size:XL: 100 x 75cm Aerial view of the procession

Aerial view of the procession in progress marching down Victoria Street toward Westminster Abbey

Print marked ''56' upper right

Belgaum district

St Andrew the Apostle

bound in brown calf

Noel de Castelnau, French World War I general Size:XL: 100 x 75cm Aerial view of the processionNoel de Castelnau, French World War I general, (1926). Castelnau (1851 1944) was a leading exponent of the 'offensive spirit' which dominated France's strategy and tactics in the war until the dismissal of Robert Nivelle as French Commander in Chief in 1917. He commanded the French Second Army in its unsuccessful attempt to recapture the province of Lorraine in the early stages of the war.