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Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2011 words) |
 | 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. |
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