The first shots of World War One are fired in Africa ... British Commander-in-Chief General Haig hopes to end the deadlock on the Western Front at the Somme. He thinks an artillery bombardment ...

He died about 1:30 a.m. today at Johns Hopkins ... wrote in his memoir. “Haig intended to calm the nation. He unnerved the world.” Haig had “lost control” and “written his own political ...