Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre, Commander in Chief of French Armies Size:M: 50 x 40cm and other Bardic Romances of

and other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland by TW Rolleston

A convertible Hispano-Suiza K6 is parked outside a mansion

Behind is a hanging of bronze fabric

John Arthur Roebuck had previously been a fierce opponent of Napoleon and was now much jeered for what was considered his display of gullibility and subservience to Napoleon

Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre, Commander in Chief of French Armies Size:M: 50 x 40cm and other Bardic Romances ofJoseph Jacques Csaire Joffre, Commander in Chief of French Armies, 1914 1916, (1926). Joffre (1852 1931) was declared the 'saviour of France' when the German advance was halted at the Battle of the Marne in September 1914. Two years later he was effectively dismissed as Commander in Chief, but such was his public popularity his removal was disguised by appointing him Marshal of France.