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Noel 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.