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Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre, Commander in Chief of French Armies mb-width 3011 Chipping BarnetJoseph Jacques Csaire Joffre, Commander in Chief of French Armies, 1914 1916, (1926). Joffre (1852 1931) was declared the 'saviour of France' when the German advance was halted at the Battle of the Marne in September 1914. Two years later he was effectively dismissed as Commander in Chief, but such was his public popularity his removal was disguised by appointing him Marshal of France.