General Paul Pau, French First World War general Size:L: 90 x 60cm through the window of which

through the window of which a woman cuts off his 'pigtail' while another brandishes a fish in his face

and an Essay upon the Moon's turning round on her own axis

Mrs Ann West

Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Graf von Zeppelin (1838-1917)

Map 14 from John Flamsteed's Atlas Coelestis

General Paul Pau, French First World War general Size:L: 90 x 60cm through the window of whichGeneral 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.