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Excerpt from The Dictionary of National Biography: 1941-1950
More fortunate than most cavalrymen, Chetwode was provided with a wider scope by transfer to the Near East in December 1916 as commander of the Desert Column in the Egyptian Expeditionary Force under Sir Archibald Murray Here Chetwode showed striking ability in devising and planning bold manoeuvres, although in execution these several times fell short of their prospect from a sense of caution fostered by his concern for the water supply of the horses. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
