Depart du Mal. Douglas Haig (Departure of Field Marshal Haig) (4687872497)

Haig leaving Bergues, France, 1917. This photograph, which has a French press stamp, shows Field Marshal (Earl) Haig (1861-1928) talking to a group of French officers before getting into his waiting car. French civilians, presumably inhabitants of Bergues, are watching from the roadside.
This is one of a series of photographs taken on the same visit to Bergues. They include Haig decorating and inspecting French troops and it would appear that the visit was a public relations exercise to encourage Allied co-operation.
[Original reads: 'Aout 1917 - Bergues(?) Nord - Depart du Mal. Douglas Haig.']

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