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Haig, Douglas
(Doug|las Haig)
Pronunciation:
/heɪg/
1st Earl Haig of Bemersyde
(
1861–1928
)
, British Field Marshal. During the First World War he served as Commander-in-Chief of British forces in France, maintaining a strategy of attrition throughout his command.
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