[World War I
John French
(1901)
Major-General John French, the intrepid cavalry leader, Pretoria, South Africa, Boer War, 1901. *** Local Caption *** Major-General John French, the intrepid cavalry leader, Pretoria, South Africa, Boer War, 1901. French commanded the British 1st Cavalry Brigade in the Second Boer War. He later commanded the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) from the beginning of World War I until December 1915. Stereoscopic card.