Fernand de Langle de Cary, French First World War General Finish:Stretched his hair or wig tied

his hair or wig tied in a queue

La Basilique et le Gave

The Great British Lion roars out his distress

The passenger is smoking a pipe

Fernand de Langle de Cary, French First World War General Finish:Stretched his hair or wig tiedFernand 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