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Maurice-Paul-Emmanuel Sarrail (
1856–
1929) was a
French general of the
First World War. Sarrail endeared himself to the political elite of the
Third Republic through his openly
socialist views, all the more conspicuous in contrast to the
Catholics,
conservatives and
monarchists who dominated the
French Army in the years prior to the war. Historians hold this, as much as—if not more than—any natural aptitude, as the reason for his rise to high command.
In
1914 he commanded the
Third Army in the
Ardennes, but when mounting losses soured his early successes,
Joseph Joffre, who personally disliked him, took the opportunity to dismiss him. The political uproar this caused on the Left led to him receiving command of the French Army of the Orient, which was despatched to
Salonika in October
1915. In January
1916 he was granted command of all
Allied forces in the
Macedonian theatre.
Here Sarrail demonstrated an alarming tendency toward interfering in politics, encouraging the
Venizelist coup against King
Constantine of Greece. His only
major offensive ended in failure, and only his political contacts saved his command. In December
1917, however, the new French premier,
Georges Clemenceau, relieved him of command, and he took no further part in the war. When his political allies returned to power in
1924 he was despatched to
Syria as
high commissioner. He was recalled a year later, however, after the
Druze Revolt.
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