# General Gough — Now It Can Be Told character guide

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

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0003-i

## Who they are

British general commanding the Fifth Army.

## In the story

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/v)

Commanding the Fifth Army in Flanders; described as courteous and amiable but poorly served by subordinates, leading to tragic outcomes.

### [The German Offensive of 1918](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/viii)

Commander of the Fifth Army; he discusses the possibility of retreat and the loss of the Somme crossings with the narrator.

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