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	First World War.com - Who's Who - Sir Douglas Haig
		Haig was pressured to bring forward the original attack date from August so as to relieve the heavy casualties experienced by the French at Verdun, which the Germans had been bombarding since early in the year.
		Sir Douglas Haig (1861-1928), the most controversial of the war generals, was born in Edinburgh on 19 June 1861.
		Haig dedicated the remainder of his life to service in the Royal British Legion (which he helped to establish), caring for the welfare of the troops who served under him during the war.
	www.firstworldwar.com /bio/haig.htm (754 words)

	Douglas Haig Biography / Biography of Douglas Haig Biography
		The British general Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861-1928), commanded British forces on the Western front in Europe during World War I. He is credited with the final British victories over the German armies in 1918.
		Douglas Haig was born on June 19, 1861, in Edinburgh, Scotland.
		Haig was given the title of earl, among other honors, when he returned to England in 1919.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-douglas-haig (629 words)

	Haig Douglas Haig 1st Earl: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
		The British prime minister, David Lloyd George, constantly antagonistic to Haig and unreceptive to his requests from the field, exacerbated the situation by putting the British troops under the orders of the French commander in 1917.
		Haig was under continual French pressure to take over more of the front, and until the joint command of himself and Gen. Ferdinand Foch was instituted (1918), the strategy and conduct of the war were tragically mismanaged.
		Haig thus conducted the Passchendaele campaign (Julyâ“Nov., 1917; see Ypres, battles of) under orders from Gen. Robert Nivelle, while the French army was being reorganized after a mutiny.
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/haig-douglas-haig-1st-earl.jsp?l=H&p=1 (1046 words)

	Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Haig, Douglas Haig, 1st Earl, Viscount Dawick, Baron Haig of Bemersyde...
		Haig, Douglas Haig, 1st Earl, Viscount Dawick, Baron Haig of Bemersyde.
		Douglas Haig was born on June 19, 1861, in Edinburgh, Scotland.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9038804 (844 words)

	Earl Haig - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The title Earl Haig was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1919 for Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig.
		Earl Haig is the name of a secondary school in Willowdale, Toronto.
		The subsidiary titles held by Lord Haig are Viscount Dawick and Baron Haig of Bemersyde, in the County of Berwick, which were both created at the same time as the Earldom.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Earl_Haig (130 words)

	:::► Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net ◄:::
		Haig favoured a British offensive in Flanders — it was close to BEF supply routes via the English Channel Channel ports and had a strategic goal of driving the Germans from the North Sea coast of Belgium, from which their U-boats were menacing Britain.
		Haig was satisfied with the result, but Gough argued for a final effort which was made on 18 November with an attack on the Munich and Frankfurt Trenches and a push towards Grandcourt.
		Haig himself had started the war as commander of British I Corps before commanding the British First Army and now the BEF, in effect an army group, made up of four armies (soon to be five) of 60 divisions.
	www.mauspfeil.net /Battle_of_the_Somme_(1916).html (5075 words)

	Douglas Haig
		Douglas Haig, the son of John Haig, the head of the successful whisky distilling company, was born in Edinburgh in 1861.
		After the war Haig's management of the major campaigns, notably on the Somme in 1916, and at Passchendaele in 1917, was criticized by David Lloyd George, the British prime minister.
		Haig cannot enter the small circle of the greater captains, but it may be argued that in the special circumstances of the campaign his special qualities were the ones most needed - patience, sobriety, balance of temper, unshakable fortitude.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /FWWhaig.htm (3330 words)

	Douglas, 1st Earl Haig - Britannica Concise
		Haig, Douglas Haig, 1st Earl, - British field marshal, commander in chief of the British forces in France during most of World War I. His strategy of attrition (tautly summarized as “kill more Germans”) resulted in enormous numbers of British casualties but little immediate gain in 1916–17 and made him a subject of controversy.
		French, John (Denton Pinkstone), - field marshal who commanded the British army on the Western Front between August 1914, when World War I began, and Dec. 17, 1915, when he resigned under pressure and was succeeded by General (afterward Field Marshal) Douglas Haig.
		Douglas, James Douglas, 2nd earl of - Scottish leader in wars against the English in the late 14th century.
	concise.britannica.com /ebc/article-9366427 (360 words)

	Douglas, Denzil - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Douglas, Denzil
		Douglas, James, 2d earl of Douglas and Mar
		Douglas faced calls for secession from the federation by the legislators of Nevis Island, who complained of the dominance of St Kitts.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Douglas,+Denzil (158 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Haig Douglas 1st Earl Haig
		Haig, Douglas, 1st Earl Haig (1861-1928), British commander on the western front during World War I, born in Edinburgh, and educated at Oxford and...
		Eden, (Robert) Anthony, 1st Earl of Avon: Douglas-Home, Sir Alec
		Eden, (Robert) Anthony, 1st Earl of Avon (1897-1977), British statesman, Foreign Secretary during World War II, briefly serving as Prime Minister...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Haig_Douglas_1st_Earl_Haig.html (147 words)

	Edinburgh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig was born in Edinburgh
		In the 1st century the Romans recorded the Votadini as a British tribe in the area, and about 600 the poem Y Gododdin using the Brythonic form of that name describes warriors feasting "in Eidin's great hall".
		After it was besieged by the Bernician Angles the name changed to Edin-burh, which some have argued derives from the Anglo-Saxon for "Edwin's fort", possibly derived from the 7th century king Edwin of Northumbria.
	www.pole.ws /nph-proxy.pl/010110A/http/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh (4288 words)

	Field marshall haig - Telegraph Arts Arch dukes Ferdinand
		Field Marshall Earl Haig (1861-1928) was Commander-in-Chief of the British forces during the First World War.
		Haig, Field Marshall Sir Douglas (Field Marshall Haig commanded the British SIR DOUGLAS HAIG (1861-1928).
		This brainchild of Field Marshal Douglas Haig — also called The Third Battle of Ypres- officially began on July 31, 1917.
	virtualweblibrary.com /vwl/field-marshall-haig.html (222 words)

	The London Scottish [UK]
		F.M. The Rt Hon Douglas (Haig), 1st Earl Haig, KT, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCIE
		F.M. The Rt Hon Colin (Campbell), 1st Baron Clyde, GCB, KSI
		Charteris, Francis Wemyss, Earl of Wemyss and March.
	www.regiments.org /regiments/uk/volmil-london/vinf/L14scot.htm (706 words)

	Haig, Douglas, 1st Earl Haig (1861-1928) (WWI British Field Marshal) - Reviews on RateItAll
		Haig, Douglas, 1st Earl Haig (1861-1928) (WWI British Field Marshal)...
		Haig, Douglas, 1st Earl Haig (1861-1928) (WWI British Field Marshal)
		Deservedly or undeservedly Haig has been labelled as the embodiment of the niimboop officercorps charging the British Army after the "Old Contemptibles" had been practically wiped out.
	www.rateitall.com /i-843914-haig-douglas-1st-earl-haig-1861-1928-wwi-british-field-marshal.aspx (260 words)

	HighBeam Research: Library Search: Results
		Haig, Douglas, 1st Earl Haig of Bemersyde (b.
		Glyndŵr's rising in Wales gave the Scots a chance of revenge and in September 1402 a large force under Douglas pillaged...
		British soldier Born in Bemersyde, Berwickshire, he was educated at Clifton College, then moved on to Oxford and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
	www.highbeam.com /library/search.asp?FN=AO&search_dictionaries=on&refid=ency_refd&q=Berwickshire (476 words)

	:::► Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net ◄:::
		Gough was a cavalry officer who, as a favourite of the British Commander-in-Chief, General Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig Sir Douglas Haig, experienced a meteoric rise through the ranks during the war.
		At the outbreak of war in August 1914, Gough was commanding a brigade and later commanded the British 7th Division (World War I) 7th Division, known as "Gough's Mobile Army".
	www.mauspfeil.net /Hubert_Gough.html (284 words)

	thePeerage.com - Person Page 1400
		She was the daughter of Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig and Hon.
		He married, firstly, Lady Victoria Doris Rachel Haig, daughter of Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig and Hon.
		Children of Lady Victoria Doris Rachel Haig and Colonel Claud Andrew Montagu-Douglas-Scott
	www.thepeerage.com /p1400.htm (1314 words)

	Douglas Haig - Famous Scots From Virtual Scotland
		In World War I Haig took the 1st Corps of the British Expeditionary Force to France and succeeded Sir John French (1852-1925) as Commander-in-Chief on the Western Front in 1915.
		Douglas Haig - A Famous First World War Commander
		After the war Haig became president for a while of the Royal British Legion and devoted himself to the care of ex-servicemen; he also introduced the Poppy Day Appeal.
	www.virtualscotland.co.uk /scotland_articles/famous-scots/douglas-haig.htm (202 words)

	Butcher
		The Butcher of the Somme was an epithet given to Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig as a result of his tactics during World War I
		Various people in history have gained the epithet of "The Butcher", usually as a result of "butchering" the population of a given city or area.
	defalcatese.bloggerus.com /Wikipedia:Requests_for_expansion/Butcher (515 words)

	History Channel: The captains of military history - my ...
		As for Edward 1st the man who introduced the English Longbow into the English army and whose Evesham campaign was nothing short of Brilliant is defintily not third tier.
		Where is Tammerlan/Fredrick the Great and Edward 1st.
		And the fact he was facing an opponent of the caliber of Wellington does not detract from his skill.
	boards.historychannel.com /thread.jspa?threadID=600003380&messageID=600064783 (3300 words)

	All Empires History Forum: History’s greatest, and not greatest, miltary commanders.
		Parallely I'm a little doubtfull regarding position of Wellington and Marlborough in the 1st Tier.
		Gustavus Adolphus Gustav Adolf, Gustavus II of Sweden (Breitenfeld A.D. Belisarius Flavius Belisario (Constantinople A.D. Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington (Salamanca)
		Horatio Nelson Lord and 1st Viscount Nelson - the greatest ever at sea (Trafalgar)
	www.allempires.com /forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2189&PN=1 (5317 words)

	Clifton College
		On passing through the memorial arch and in front of School House, is a full size statue of Field Marshal Douglas Haig.
		So the school has played a major part in both World Wars; Field Marshal Haig was an Old Cliftonian who went on to command the British armed forces in the First World War.
		Monty Python actor John Cleese (who was expelled for a humorous defacing of school grounds - he used painted footsteps to suggest that the statue of General Haig had got down off his stand and gone to the toilet),
	balint.clubblogs.com /w/Clifton_College (1542 words)

	The Race for Rector: Rectors Past (Feature) – 19 October 2005 – the Mitre
		The hero/villain of the First World War, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, the 1st Earl Haig, served as Lord Rector from 1916-1919 and afterwards as Chancellor.
		J.M. Barrie, the creator of Peter Pan, followed the Earl Haig, serving as rector from 1919 to 1922, and the great imperial poet Rudyard Kipling followed Barrie from 1922 to 1925.
		Carnegie donated the land which is now the University’s playing fields, built the University a library (now the Psychology building), and established a fund for the benefit of Scottish universities.
	andrewcusack.com /mitre/0401/feat2.html (620 words)

	Manuscripts Catalogue
		Handwritten Memorial sermon for Field-Marshall Earl Haig by P. Thomson based upon II.
		Mentions photographs of Haig and the Admiralty screen with...
		Typescript letter signed, from James Bone to D.S. MacColl.
	special.lib.gla.ac.uk /manuscripts/search/resultsn.cfm?NID=12977&RID= (40 words)

	HAIG, Douglas, 1st Earl Haig, autographs, letters, documents, manuscripts
		HAIG, Douglas, 1st Earl Haig, autographs, letters, documents, manuscripts
		Menu for a banquet in Liverpool, 5 July 1919, signed in pencil at the top 'D. Haig F.M.' The banquet given by the Lord Mayor of Liverpool on the occasion the presentation of the freedom of the city to Haig, on card, 3 pages 185 x 112 mm (ca 7 x 4½ inches).
		This is the archived description of an item which has already been sold.
	manuscripts.co.uk /stock/21319.HTM (121 words)

	thePeerage.com - Person Page 8509
		Donna Geroloma Lopez y Royo married George Alexander Eugene Douglas Haig, 2nd Earl Haig, son of Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig and Hon.
		She is the daughter of George Alexander Eugene Douglas Haig, 2nd Earl Haig and Adrienne Therese Morley.
		Adrienne Raina Haig was born on 19 February 1958.
	www.thepeerage.com /p8509.htm (363 words)

	MilitaryHistoryOnline.com (Not Logged in)
		I wouldn't rate Sluys, indeed a smashing win, maybe the 1st in the history of what would be the greatest navy in history, too much a battle which merits Edward III as a good admiral, as the longbows were employed similarly as they were on land.
		He was present at Bosworth and Stoke Field certainly, but in both cases the active command role was played by others, the Earl of Oxford, the Stanleys, Jasper Tudor.
		If titles of monarchy etc. are not specified, the commanders were merely generals of their respected states.
	www.militaryhistoryonline.com /forums/ViewPost.aspx?ForumID=2&ID=2868 (6447 words)

	17th/21st Lancers (UK)
		[17th Lancers:] F.M. Sir Douglas (Haig), 1st Earl Haig, KT, OM, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, KCIE
		Death's Head "Or Glory" (the whole badge being called in the regiment "the motto")
	www.regiments.org /regiments/uk/cav/D17-21L.htm (320 words)

	thePeerage.com - Person Page 8508
		George Alexander Eugene Douglas Haig, 2nd Earl Haig is the son of Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig and Hon.
		Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig is the daughter of Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig and Hon.
		Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig was born on 19 June 1861.
	www.thepeerage.com /p8508.htm (320 words)

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