Joseph Joffre, French First World War general Size:Large: 7 x 5in Side view of the fossil

Side view of the fossil head of a sea turtle named by Richard Owen FRS (1804-1892) in 1842

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1892 (1934)

a large board containing fairy lamps plummets towards the new Lord Mayor

Joseph Joffre, French First World War general Size:Large: 7 x 5in Side view of the fossilJoseph Joffre, French First World War general (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.