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Marshall (SIR WILLIAM RAINE English)

SIR WILLIAM RAINE, English Lieutenant-General; born in 1865. Served on the northwestern fron- Army in Mesopotamia on the death of General Sir Stanley Maude, Nov. 18, 1917. In March, 1918, his forces were victorious over the Turks at Hit and Kahn-Baghdadi on the Euphrates. On Oct. 3 General Marshall's drive began along the Tigris against Mosul. On Oct. 2, Kirkuk was won and a passage forced over the Sesser Zab, a branch of the Tigris. Oct. 25-28 Kalat Shergat was captured and on the 30th the Turkish Army on the Tigris surrendered.