General Paul Pau, French First World War general mb-code RF243436 J Stafford Smith

J Stafford Smith

as Guy Fawkes

On each side of his pedestal stands a (contrasted) volunteer

'Intended statues for Waterloo Place'

with figures unloading barges on the quayside

General Paul Pau, French First World War general mb-code RF243436 J Stafford SmithGeneral Paul Pau, French First World War general, (1926). At the outbreak of the war, Pau (1848 1932) was recalled from retirement and given command of the Army of Alsace with the objective of recapturing the 'lost provinces' of Alsace and Lorraine from the Germans. Initially successful, Pau was defeated at Morhange Sarrebourg and his army was disbanded with the troops redeployed to the Sixth Army at the Marne. Pau returned to retirement.