Horatio Herbert Kitchener Khartoum7 August 1914
The BEF lands at Ostend, Calais & Dunkirk
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The BEF lands at Ostend, Calais & Dunkirk
The BEF cross the Channel to France
Murray summoned the Corps Chiefs of Staff at around 1am on 24 August (the night after the Battle of Mons), and ordered them to retreat, but gave them no detailed plans, leaving them to work out the details themselves
Appointed Commander of the British Expeditionary Force
Appointed Chief of Staff to the BEF
Murray had an important meeting with Gallieni (Military governor of Paris) and Maunoury (commander, French 6th Army) to discuss the planned Allied counterattack which would become the First Battle of the Marne
Joins in the battle linking the BEF with the French 5th and 6th Armies
Appointed Commander of the First Army as part of the BEF sent to France
During April the BEF loses 120,070, the heaviest since July 1917
Appointed Commander of the BEF 3rd Army
Authorizes the Allied attack by the BEF against the Hindenburg Line
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