Army Group Centre (, G. A. C.) was a grouping of French field armies during World War I, which was created on June 22, 1915. The army group covered the Western Front roughly between Rheims and Verdun.
The G.A.C. was then disbanded on December 1, 1917, and a second one—also known as Army Group Maistre—was created by transforming the Army Group North on July 6, 1918. General Paul Maistre was its last commander until the Armistice.Armées Françaises dans la Grande Guerre (AFGG), Ordre de bataille, Tome X, volume 1, service historique de l'armée, 1922-1939, .Armées Françaises dans la Grande Guerre (AFGG), Ordre de bataille, Tome X, volume 1, service historique de l'armée, 1922-1939, .
Composition
July 1, 1915 from North to South : 6th Army (général Pierre Joseph Dubois) 5th Army (général Louis Franchet d'Espèrey) 4th Army (général Fernand de Langle de Cary)
February 15, 1917 From West to East : 4th Army (général Pierre Roques) 2nd Army (général Adolphe Guillaumat)
Commanders Général Édouard de Castelnau (June 22, 1915 – December 12, 1915) Général Fernand de Langle de Cary (December 12, 1915 – May 2, 1916) Général Philippe Pétain (May 2, 1916 – May 4, 1917) Général Émile Fayolle (May 4, 1917 – December 1, 1917) Général Paul Maistre (July 6, 1918 – December 1918)
Sources The French Army and the First World War by Elizabeth Greenhalgh Philippe Pétain et Marc Ferro (Avant-propos), La Guerre mondiale : 1914–1918, Toulouse, Éditions Privat, 2014, 372 p. (, OCLC 891408727)
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