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Maurice Sarrail

1856 - 1929

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Maurice Paul Emmanuel Sarrail (6 April 1856 – 23 March 1929) was a French general of the First World War. Sarrail's openly socialist political connections made him a rarity amongst the Catholics, conservatives and monarchists who dominated the French Army officer corps under the Third Republic before the war, and were the main reason why he was appointed to command at Salonika. At the start of the war, Sarrail commanded VI Corps then Third Army in the Ardennes and around Verdun, where his army played an important role in the final stages of the First Battle of the Marne and where he took the credit for holding Verdun (later the site of an important battle in 1916). He was dismissed for poor leadership, amidst political uproar, in July 1915. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maurice Sarrail is the 640th most popular military personnel (up from 660th in 2019), the 1,760th most popular biography from France (up from 1,789th in 2019) and the 67th most popular French Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Maurice Sarrail ranks 640 out of 2,058. Before him are Walter Krüger, Nguyễn Ngọc Loan, Huang Gai, Surena, Thersites, and Archelaus. After him are Yigael Yadin, Heinz Reinefarth, Hisaichi Terauchi, Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock, Ugo Cavallero, and Viktor Pavičić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, Maurice Sarrail ranks 39. Before him are Mikhail Vrubel, Pedro Lascuráin, Sergei Taneyev, Wilhelm von Gloeden, Hara Takashi, and William Wallace Denslow. After him are Henri-Edmond Cross, Stepa Stepanović, Sergei Winogradsky, J.-H. Rosny aîné, Matthias Zurbriggen, and Christian Sinding. Among people deceased in 1929, Maurice Sarrail ranks 39. Before him are Gyula Andrássy the Younger, Oldfield Thomas, Arthur Scherbius, Jan Baudouin de Courtenay, Rainis, and Liang Qichao. After him are Manuel Gomes da Costa, Stepa Stepanović, André Messager, La Goulue, Enrico Ferri, and Jacek Malczewski.

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In France

Among people born in France, Maurice Sarrail ranks 1,760 out of 6,770. Before him are Lambert Wilson (1958), Jacques Dutronc (1943), Henri, Count of Paris (1908), Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges (1830), Alphonse Allais (1854), and Albert Calmette (1863). After him are Madame Clicquot Ponsardin (1777), Louis-François de Boufflers (1644), Maurice Trintignant (1917), Maurice Duruflé (1902), Marie-Christine Barrault (1944), and Balthasar Gérard (1557).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Maurice Sarrail ranks 67. Before him are Georges Picquart (1854), Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon (1754), Henri Gatien Bertrand (1773), Christian de Castries (1902), Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours (1489), and Walter Krüger (1890). After him are Marie-Pierre Kœnig (1898), Bob Denard (1929), Joseph Gallieni (1849), Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle (1775), Pierre Cambronne (1770), and Jean Maximilien Lamarque (1770).

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