Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-02
General Foch

New that t. Ara MILITARY Aoeees
have been placed wm0eP O WHaAea
command. American @Oa@3egw arc earl
GUS 60 know whaE mmmmae 90 mamm @
General Ferdinand yUch, the eoM
mander OF all tho e0@m@n6@I@.
In nina there % 20 @yseegy. 30 %
9ho embodiment o. gsmAms 1e ge0a@s
be. an &C has been Aa1mea. the eapaO.
ity f0r taking in&nite pains. -.
0inand Foch has believed I'm himself
no has had o firm faAEh I'm his 1ltMeas
tor high calling. But that Dease&
and that Ga3eh have m@wee 9m6@m eMe
form Of that Self-cUn@ea0uaMe0s which
a described as conceat. Some have
chafed under his authority. Tor he
has demanded the alGamaAe i'm din.
eipline. They have called him .
martinez and otherwise reyiled him.
Bat he has paid little heed 10 his
traducerS and has tofied increasingly
to produces the finest elaciency. Nov,
in the days OF stern sacrifice. his
genius has been recognised, and even
those who turned from him because
of what they once called his hareh-
meas are now turning TO him % the
ableSt strategisG I'm the Allied forces.
During the battle Of the Maxno
Gen. FOch sent this memorable tele-
gram to Marshal J01fre:
"Ny right has been rolled up. My
left has been driven back. My cen
ter has been smashed. I have or.
dered an advance from all direc-
tons"
1 Ferdinand Foch was born On October z.
/, 1881. Isl the south OF Frames. NOS far frsa
! few moaths youngse lie staased at %. Cyr,
l the West Point Of France. and was SUBJ
lieutenant In ths Yranco- Prusaian War.
later. Foeh vas mads . captain for distin-
gui&AeA oerv1ea an tia Geld His geaams had
begun to b recognised and he was ordered
to France a. = profsssor oe m n sassas 80.
wsnt NJ a battery commander ana ultimately
attained o brismAaers rAak
He served a. Director Of the Sscas 40
4 veaopmGn4 Of tho ARTILLERY hEamcn OK ehe
French service. Whtle no was In the war
oRice OF the farnsms css@sot Wesa@ were -
sun oe the FroneA array.
The outbreak OF the present war ceanA
| him I'm command OF the army OF rsssrve. the
existence ae which was not even Enewn to
the German leadera This army under hs9
direction. awaited eAe gtrAA@gic mcE0aaA ana
| then drove In between the Prussian Guard
/ and the 9axoa army On Sepssuabsr Q. ASA.
executing the greatest es@w Of the Rattle OF
the Marne In the timang Of his movement
1 he showed his gsmta& TIE Germans were
within sight Of Paris. 4 move toe early
would have betrayed the egsBte0ce Of his
army and enabled tho Oarmans TO meet its
\ onslaught. A move just little later would
have been too late.
1 In the first Battle Of YpEes General Foeh
was again the man who saved the day.
with his Tenth Army he was awaiting the
4 inevitable weakness In the enemy tina The
Germans seemed on the poant Of breaking
| through the hsroio Belgian and Britain
| armies when Foeh deoaAed to strike He
forced the Germans back @eroas the XseR
and Dumkark and Calals w@ge saved.
General Foch In these two battles eaRAe@
his right to be regarded 90 q master STRAIT.
egtst He vinAieated his own fasth In hiaas
self and the faith that MaTsAal JO&Fe had
90 frequemeiy expressed In hsna.
There 10 much Of the JO&re type I'm htm:
but there IL more Of Napoleon. He &mOwg
how to wait and when 70 strike. When he
does strike It is not with ruthless disregard
Of human life. but with consideration Of
every element Of battle. He strikes uns@-
pec3ediy He strikes hard. telling blows. No
nights with the brillaance Of O chess m@Stee
who executes daring moves. and with the
same caution that prevents SURPRISE.
Il IL any wo@6er Ghas General PeraAaM&s
General Haig. Genaeal Pe4ain and 0e@ee1
Dia9 have rallied spleGdadly under Teg-
Ginand Foch a. 0sneFM2issameS