Chantilly Conferences

1st Chantilly Conference July 7, 1915, The first inter-allied military conference of World War I was convened at Chantilly, France shortly after Italy entered the conflict against the Central Powers. Attending were representatives from Britain (including the Commander-in-Chief Sir John French and the Chief of the Imperial General Staff William Robertson), France (Alexandre Millerand, the war minister and Joseph Joffre, the Commander-in-Chief), Belgium, Italy, Serbia and Russia.

Joffre used the conference to advise his allies that only by concerted co-ordinated action would the most favourable conditions for an Allied victory present themselves. However no specific undertakings were agreed as a consequence of the conference. A subsequent conference, similarly convened at Chantilly some five months later, was more specific and ambitious in the clarity of its aims and led to a commitment whereby the other Allies would launch major offensives of their own should a given Allied nation find itself in clear danger from the Central Powers.

2nd Chantilly Conference December 6–8, 1915, was an Allied military planning conference involving military representatives from all Allied powers—French, British, Italian, and Russian—to formulate a coordinated strategy for the upcoming year against the Central Powers in World War I.

The conference was held at the headquarters of the French army commander, General Joseph Joffre in Chantilly. The British representatives were the commander-in-chief Sir John French and Sir Archibald Murray. General Carlo Porro represented Italy.

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