1-218-400 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Fernand de Langle de Cary, French First World War General, (1926). De Langle de Cary (1849-1931) commanded the French 4th Army at the beginning of the war, suffering a heavy defeat in the Ardennes in August 1914. The following year he was in command of the costly and unsuccessful offensive in Champagne before being placed in command of the Army of the Centre. When the Germans launched their attack on Verdun in 1916, the unpreparedness of the French defenders cost de Langle de Cary his command.