recommended that Sarrail no longer report to Joffre. Coming on the back of the disappointing results of the Somme campaign and the defeat of Romania, Roques’ report further discredited Briand and Joffre and began the political manoeuvres which led to Joffre's removal. On 13 December Briand formed a new government, replacing Roques with Lyautey. Subsequently, Roques served briefly as the commander of the Fourth Army and then as the Inspector General of Works and Organization for the French Army until February 1919. His war service exhausted him and he died at Saint-Cloud in 1920. Buried initially in his native Marseillan, his remains were transferred to the Hôtel des Invalides in Paris. Awards 1912 - Grand Officier de la Légion d'honneur 1916 - le Grand Croix de la Légion d'honneur 1920 - Médaille militaire - Épée d'honneur de la ville de Marseillan References Books |- |- |- |- |- |- |- 1856 births 1920 deaths People from Marseillan, Hérault French Air Force generals French military personnel of World War I École Polytechnique alumni Aviation in France Aviation pioneers Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur Grand Officiers of the Légion d'honneur French Ministers of War