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	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.
		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.
		Earl Haig is the name of a secondary school in Willowdale, Toronto.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Earl_Haig (126 words)

	Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Haig was employed briefly as Chief Staff Officer to Major-General John French during the Colesburg operations, then as Assistant Adjutant General of the Cavalry Division.
		Haig had been campaigning for the removal of French as commander of the BEF and had told King George V that French was "a source of great weakness to the army and no one had confidence in him any more".
		Haig's tactics in these battles are still controversial, with many including the then Prime Minister Lloyd George, arguing that he incurred unnecessarily large casualties for little tactical gain.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Douglas_Haig (2137 words)

	Douglas Haig
		Haig is living at a chateau in a wood on the right-hand side of the road, a mile along the Marieux road.
		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.
		Haig failed to comprehend that the policy of "attrition" or in plain English, "killing Germans" until the German army was worn down and exhausted, was not only wasteful and, intellectually, a confession of impotence; it was also extremely dangerous.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /FWWhaig.htm (3330 words)

	HAIG, DOUGLAS HAIG, 1ST EARL. The Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition. 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Haig thus conducted the Passchendaele campaign (July–Nov., 1917; see Ypres, battles of) under orders from Gen. Robert Nivelle, while the French army was being reorganized after a mutiny.
		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.
		He was made an earl (1919) and devoted the remainder of his life to organizing the British Legion and raising funds for disabled ex-servicemen.
	www.bartleby.com /aol/65/ha/Haig-Dou.html (242 words)

	First World War.com - Who's Who - Sir Douglas Haig
		Consequently Haig was appointed the new Commander in Chief of the BEF on 10 December 1915, a position he took up nine days later, French returning to Britain as Commander of the British Home Forces.
		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.
		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)

	Earl Douglas Haig
		Haig was given command of the First Army Corp in France upon outbreak of the first World War, with the British forces under the overall command of the then-Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force, John French.
		Haig was once again under-supported and heavily pressured, and this campaign resulted in many more casualties and little captured territory to show for it.
		Haig was somewhat redeemed for his earlier relative failures when he organized the final offensive in 1918 that led to the eventual Allied victory.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/other/haig_douglas.htm (325 words)

	Trenches on the Web - Bio: First Earl Douglas Haig (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Douglas Haig was born on June 19 1861, the son of a wealthy whiskey distiller.
		On the 10th December a new commander of the British was appointed - Douglas Haig.
		On the 18 Nov 1916, in the blizzards and snow Haig called a halt to the attack.
	www.worldwar1.com /biochaig.htm (467 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| Haig's son attacks pardoning of 306 soldiers shot for cowardice
		The son of Field Marshal Douglas Haig has criticised the Ministry of Defence's decision to pardon all 306 soldiers of the First World War who were shot at dawn for cowardice or desertion.
		Earl Haig, whose father signed a number of the death warrants as commander of British forces on the Western Front, said many of those executed were rogues and criminals who deserved their punishment.
		Earl Haig said in June, on the eve of the 90th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme: "It's very important for the good of this country to set the record straight.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/09/05/nhaig05.xml (648 words)

	My father was a great man, says Earl Haig
		FIELD Marshal Earl Haig, Commander-in-Chief of the British Army during the First World War, should be remembered as one of the great figures of the 20th century, his son said yesterday.
		The present Earl Haig, 80, said his father had been unfairly portrayed as an incompetent general by people who knew nothing about him or the problems he faced in France between 1914 and 1918.
		Earl Haig was particularly critical of the book The Donkeys, by Alan Clark, the historian and Conservative MP, whose title recalls a remark made by a German general that the British troops were "lions led by donkeys".
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1998/11/11/nrem311.html (434 words)

	BBC - History - Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861 - 1928)
		In 1916 Haig was responsible for the Battle of the Somme, which cost 420,000 British casualties over four months for minimal gain.
		Unlike Haig, he thought that the war could be accelerated by attacking from the east.
		However, Haig remained in his post and from March 1918 succeeded in stopping the last German offensive of the war (March-July 1918), before showing perhaps his best leadership in the victorious Allied assault from August onwards.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/historic_figures/haig_douglas.shtml (414 words)

	Earl Haig Photo's
		By November 1929, the corner stone for the new Earl Haig High School was laid and a third form of six students was added.
		Earl Haig Collegiate Institute at its official opening in October, 1930.
		During the winter of 1934-35, an Earl Haig Alumni Society was founded to meet once a month from September to May. To raise funds for an annual bursary to be presented at Commencement, a program of basketball games, plays, lectures and dances were held.
	earlhaig.mine.nu /history/rtr_20_30_1.html (1078 words)

	BookRags: 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.
		Haig was among the first to sense the approaching victory.
		Haig was given the title of earl, among other honors, when he returned to England in 1919.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-douglas-haig (452 words)

	Clan HAIG
		The chief made a joint disposition conveying Bemersyde to Arthur Balfour Haig of the Clackmannanshire who was descended from a second son of the 17th Chief.
		In the 17th century William Haig was the King's solicitor for Scotland for James VI and Charles I. In 1921 the peoples of the British Commonwealth purchased the estate of Bemersyde from Balfour Haig and presented it to Field-Marshal Earl Haig in recognition of his services during the First World War.
		Alexander Haig who resigned from the Nixon administration is of the American branch of the family.
	www.electricscotland.com /webclans/htol/haig2.html (209 words)

	Brief History
		On completion of the ceremony Bro The Earl Of Elgin installed Bro William Wardlaw into the Chair of King Solomon, the Deputy Provincial Grand Master Bro Middleton went on to install the Deputy and Substitute Masters and Wardens, the Substitute Provincial Grand Master Bro Sir Kennedy Dalziel installed the remaining Office Bearers.
		The Earl of Elgin went on to propose a toast to the success of Lodge Earl Haig.
		The Lodge was quickly in receipt of a reply from Earl Haig stating that he would be honoured if the Lodge used his Coat of Arms.
	lodgeearlhaig1260couk.site.securepod.com /history.html (1450 words)

	Haig, Douglas Haig, 1st Earl - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		He saw active service in Sudan (1898) and in the South African War (1899-1902) and upon the outbreak of World War I (1914) was given command of the 1st Army Corps in France.
		Haig thus conducted the Passchendaele campaign (July-Nov., 1917; see Ypres, battles of) under orders from Gen. Robert Nivelle, while the French army was being reorganized after a mutiny.
		The Good of this Service Consists in Absolute Secrecy: The Earl of Dunbar, Scotland and the Border (1603-1611).
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-haig-dou.html (406 words)

	John Singer Sargent's Douglas Haig
		Dougglas Haig is the most controversial of the war generals during WWI.
		By the close of 1915 it was clear that French (his superior) was ill-suited to the nature of the campaign, and Haig was appointed the new Commander in Chief of the BEF on 10 December 1915.
		After the war, Haig was reponsible for uniting ex-servicemen in the Royal British Legion.
	www.jssgallery.org /Paintings/Douglas_Haig.html (311 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Scotland - Legion marks anniversary at graveside of Earl Haig (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Hundreds of former servicemen and members of the organisation, founded by Earl Haig in Edinburgh in 1921, gathered at his grave in the grounds of Dryburgh Abbey, in the Borders.
		As commander-in-chief of British forces in France, Earl Haig was blamed after the war for catastrophic tactics and the trench warfare stalemate that claimed the lives of millions of soldiers.
		Earl Haig was made commander-in-chief of British forces in France in 1915 and oversaw some of the war's bloodiest battles, including the Somme, Ypres and Mons.
	news.scotsman.com /scotland.cfm?id=895932006 (594 words)

	Haigs in Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		A Haig was slain at Halidon Hill, and another at Otterburn, and a Haig fought with his king at Flodden Field and perished with him.
		The Haigs took part in the Crusades and in commemoration, adopted the cross of St. Andrew on their coat of arms.
		It is interesting to note that the name Haig was first used by the 9 th laird of Bemersyde, Sir Andrew Haig, who was knighted by Robert 3rd of Scotland in 1390.
	www.ourheritage.net /haig_reunion/scotland_haigs.html (381 words)

	MyClan.com : Clan Haig : Clan History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		William Haig, the nineteenth Laird, held the office of King’s Solicitor for Scotland during the reigns of James VI and Charles I. Anthony Haig, the twenty-first Laird, was a member of the Society of Friends, or Quakers, and suffered a long period of imprisonment during the persecution of that sect.
		The father of the present chief was the first Earl Haig, commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Forces in France from 1915 to 1919.
		The second Earl Haig, who was page of honour to George VI at his coronation in 1937, is a distinguished artist and an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy.
	www.myclan.com /clans/Haig_46/default.php (938 words)

	Family Tree genealogy and Scottish clan history from AncestralScotland - Search Results
		The origin of this clan is uncertain but it is thought that for eight hundred years Bemersyde was continuously in the possession of the Haigs, from Petrus de Haga, the apparent founder of the clan, to the present chief the 13th Laird and 2nd Earl Haig.
		The houses were extended in the 18th and 19th centuries.Earl Haig was the commander in chief of the British Expeditionary Forces in France from 1915 —1919.
		The present chief is his son and heir, the 2nd Earl Haig, who was page of honour to George VI at his coronation in 1937, is a distinguished artist and an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy.
	www.ancestralscotland.com /clandetails.html?clan=haig.html (329 words)

	Haig Douglas 1st Earl Haig - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Haig Douglas 1st Earl Haig - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		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...
		Haig, Douglas (quotations): World War I: Please God—let there be victory,…
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Haig_Douglas_1st_Earl_Haig.html (136 words)

	Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig
		This extended to the British Empire Ex-Services League, and its leader, Earl Haig, whom many Australians had little reason to respect.
		As Commander-in-Chief of British forces on the Western Front, Haig was the epitome of all that Australians disliked about British generals.
		Haig failed perhaps to see that a dead man cannot advance, and that to replace him is only to provide another corpse.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-leaders/ww1/haig.htm (1055 words)

	earl - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Haig, Douglas, 1st Earl Haig (1861-1928), British commander on the western front during World War I. Douglas Haig was born in Edinburgh and...
		Warren, Earl (1891-1974), American jurist and political leader, best known as the chief justice who led the United States Supreme Court in making...
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	Haig (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		His first posting was to Secunderabad, India and he later gained Staff experience during cavalry training exercises near Delhi and with the HQ of the Bombay Army at Poona.
		Haig saw active service with the Egyptian Army during the Sudan Campaign of 1898 and in South Africa, as a Staff Officer under John French in 1899 and as a Column Commander, 1901-2.
		Haig devoted the last few years of his life to his family and to the Royal British Legion, until his death in 1928.
	www.lib.byu.edu /~rdh/wwi/bio/h/haiglet.html (289 words)

	Famous Scots - Earl Haig - Scottish Culture
		Douglas Haig was born in Edinburgh on 19 June, 1861, the youngest son of an ancient Fife family.
		He introduced tanks for the first time in 1916 and it was his assault on the Hindenburg Line which finally brought the war to a close in 1918.
		He was made an Earl in 1919 and devoted the rest of his life to caring for the wounded and bereaved - he founded the charity British Legion
	www.rampantscotland.com /famous/blfamhaig.htm (257 words)

	Guardian \| Earl Haig
		A less likely advocate for progressive art is hard to imagine, but the evidence is at the Gallery of Modern Art, where 25 of his oil paintings have been brought together in recognition of his 85th birthday.
		It proves that even if Haig has fallen between waves of the better known Scottish artists, he is worthy at the very least of a footnote more substantial than he has attracted to date.
		Influenced initially by the Euston Road school of ordered naturalism and, later, by the attempts of Paul Klee to orchestrate colour, he showed early promise in The Cows (1948), a gripping exercise in light and shade that pushes its subjects almost to abstraction.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4643099-110430,00.html (381 words)

	Haig, Douglas Haig, 1st Earl - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Haig, Douglas Haig, 1st Earl - HighBeam Encyclopedia
		HAIG, DOUGLAS HAIG, 1ST EARL [Haig, Douglas Haig, 1st Earl] 1861-1928, British field marshal.
		Author not available, HAIG, DOUGLAS HAIG, 1ST EARL.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/H/Haig-D1ou.asp (406 words)

	Earl Haig 70's Splash
		Earl Haig Alumni of the 60's - 70's
		Earl Haig Secondary School started back in 1928 in what must have been a pretty remote area compared to what it's like today in the north end of Toronto.
		If you haven't noticed the Earl Haig Alumni web site has been down for a while, I understand there is work to revive it once again.
	earlhaig.mine.nu (2359 words)

	Statue 4: Field Marshal Earl Haig (1861—1928)\|13Aug05\|Socialist Worker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Haig was the spitting image of the upper class officers portrayed in the film Oh What a Lovely War — decades behind advances in military technology, useless at strategy and preferring, in the words of AJP Taylor, “an unsuccessful offensive under his own command to a successful one under someone else’s”.
		They were to advance in line, but the mud and the 66 pounds of equipment on their backs made them a sitting target for the German machine guns that Haig had proclaimed “much overrated”.
		In the first part of the war, thousands upon thousands of volunteers flocked to the recruiting offices to fight for whichever was supposedly their country.
	www.socialistworker.co.uk /article.php4?article_id=7105 (362 words)

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