MAJOR-GENERAL ARCHIBALD P. WAVELL WILL BE REPLACED AS COMMANDER OF BRITISH FORCES IN PALESTINE BY MAJOR-GENERAL ROBERT H. HAINING, COMMANDANT OF THE IMPERIAL DEFENSE COLLEGE, AS OF APRIL 1, 1936, THE WAR OFFICE ANNOUNCED LAST NIGHT.
GENERAL WAVELL WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE POST OF CHIEF OF THE SOUTHERN COMMAND IN GREAT BRITAIN AS PART OF A RADICAL CHANGE IN THE BRITISH HIGH COMMAND TAKEN “WITH A VIEW TO ADAPTATION OF THE ARMY TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN METHODS OF WAR ON ENTIRELY NEW BASES.
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