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    Corps was forced out of the second line of defence; XX Corps (General Maurice Balfourier) arrived at the last minute and was rushed forward. That evening Castelnau...
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    (lengthening the time for round trips), behind the French XX Corps (Général Maurice Balfourier) and the British XIII Corps (Lieutenant-General Walter Congreve),...
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    Divisions (General Léon Durand) to the north and the XX Corps (General Maurice Balfourier) to the south, by the evening of 4 September. In the afternoon of...
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  • Thumbnail for Commemorative medal of the 1870–1871 War
    General Raoul Le Mouton de Boisdeffre General Auguste Dubail General Maurice Balfourier General Charles-Marie de Braconnier General Marie Félix Silvestre...
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    (reserve) 8th Light Horse Regiment 45th Field Artillery Regiment Commander: Maurice Sarrail Corps troops 6th Company, Forest Hunters 1st Light Cavalry Brigade...
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    King George V, who presented decorations to French Generals Fayolle and Balfourier. The Sovereign was accompanied by his son, the young Prince of Wales,...
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