Grand Quartier Général (1914–1919)
The Grand Quartier Général was the general headquarters of the French Army during the First World War. It served as the wartime equivalent of the Conseil supérieur de la guerre and had extensive powers within an area defined by the French parliament. The GQG was activated by parliament on 2 August 1914, after the violation of French borders by German military patrols, and remained in existence until 20 October 1919.
Minister for War Alexandre Millerand arriving at the Chantilly Grand Quartier Général building in February 1915
General Joffre chief of staff from 1911 and head of the GQG from 1914 to 1916
A French poster declaring general mobilisation, published 2 August 1914
A contemporary depiction of Joffre and his staff at the Châtillon-sur-Seine GQG on the night of 6 September 1914, during the First Battle of the Marne
Chantilly is a commune in the Oise department in the Valley of the Nonette in the Hauts-de-France region of Northern France. Surrounded by Chantilly Forest, the town of 10,863 inhabitants (2017) falls within the metropolitan area of Paris. It lies 38.4 km north-northeast of the centre of Paris and together with six neighbouring communes forms an urban area of 37,254 inhabitants (2018).
The Château de Chantilly, completed in 1882, houses the Institut de France's Musée Condé.
The Canardière on the Nonette
Canal of the Machine
The Château de Chantilly seen from the road north of town
