Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - Ko te mahi nui a French ko te Kaiwhakahaere-i-Te-Tumuaki (C-in-C) o te British Expeditionary Force (BEF) mo te tau tuatahi me te hawhe o te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao. I tutaki tonu ia ki te French General Charles Lanrezac. I muri i te nui o te mate o nga Ingarihi i nga pakanga o Mons me Le Cateau
(i te mea i tu a Smith-Dorrien ki te hiahia o French), i hiahia a French ki te tango i te BEF mai i te raina Allied ki te whakahou me te whakaae anake ki te whai waahi ki te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Marne i muri i te hui motuhake me te Hekeretari o te Kawanatanga mo te Pakanga, a Kitchener, na wai i riri ia i muri mai. I te marama o Mei 1915, i tukuna e ia nga korero mo te korenga o nga kopere ki te panui i te tumanako ka nekehia atu a Kitchener. I te raumati o te tau 1915, i kaha ake te whakahe a French i Ranana e Kitchener me etahi atu mema o te kawanatanga, na Haig, Robertson me etahi atu rangatira rangatira i Parani. Whai muri i te Pakanga o Loos, i te mea ko te whakakorenga o te XI Corps mai i te rahui i whakawakia mo te kore e tutuki i te pakaru nui i te ra tuatahi, ko HH Asquith, te Pirimia o Ingarangi, i tono kia whakarere ia. Ko Haig, i mua ko te kaitohutohu pono a French, a, i whakaorangia ia i te whakangaromanga ma te tuku moni nui ki a ia i te tau 1899, i whakakapi ia ia.