# General Byng — Now It Can Be Told character guide

> General Byng in Now It Can Be Told by Philip Gibbs.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0003-i

## Who they are

British general commanding the Third Army.

## In the story

### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/xix)

Succeeded Allenby; called 'Bungo Byng' by troops; admired for commanding Canadian Corps and later the Cambrai advance.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/vii)

Commander of the Third Army, conceived the Cambrai assault.

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