New Britain herald., 1929-03-21
NIAE>ftAI. FOG II


 MAE>HNL ID,H
 As one of the dozen sfeur~1- W.5- tary genluses Of history. Marshal l'och vas not given supreme com mand 0. the Allied corces Tn t-'. World War aucn stN months be,ore its close. Atho4-a lis influence .9 the Allied dyC.nse aa~ outs'auI..- from 1914. ls acu.ven-nts as a subsidiary commaHJ-r brilliant ,, was not uHu in March, lea>. "ltu Clemenceaa, Ilu-, r,u'a and Mt.- nor dycjdeI upou eemm#Hier n chief 10 ,>.rel>, u"l control Of all the aru1es. 'Ia. aH aoras sud aspirations c.n,.-.I aroa Eoea. .ra lie was ei<yu cart. aaHeh4 4o0"r ,o finish the war as l. aoz .e.. 4e -oH,a do Il
 Focn'z -r4at. ~ a-. 'anoor. was crou5,l into tae h'-to- months p,ta,sa Ja.s aal >os,wu.a. 1918. rg Aa-a~, JaI.aIoaf hH.N he Was bcatau. and he contHud a defense ou}y 10 G5<e his 2otarmn.'t tnne, if possible. to get condIljo"s m home uud.r cwnr" au1 rrl"'e t'n the inc,itaa. collapse. Wa-r. A.'>- anIer. Caesar, laonaa .'u >apo- leon were at t.o b"d of po0'tm armies dur- Heuz @. cawra'-o Foch ill short 4.v uonlHs stood at the apex os mr-.r Hoa- lE far tuao all these rmuan.@ Ills >.rtonoa~ thrust 0ss do". vfA a taoroa-n- n,ss and dispatch u"pproar0ed m the history or Nsr.ar..
 It has been pointed nu' Ez Harroos writers upon tH. @nat NAT ri"f roch took cowuaod H " tup. Hh.o -.ooo ooo Au1cr.oaos hal afr0s.I u ti,- tirtd with au n0nni'.d Haun'r in reserve or or tne way. and t.ai Allied prospects for .I '.nory We're bright from t.ut tune ou. N,'. had the Allies a' laa tsa,e not pos s-essed the egp.rlao>e -.au@ o' Foch at the head and r,ut.r of the uii- tary enterprt-, i' .~ .jaoIy tfat, inc war would Navr .a-sal considerably longer regardless Of final Victory. T. required the continuation of, 'alltj.s possessed by this d=aaauc com- ,nandcr to wrench victory from tbo Germans in tun shortest possible time. The fact bat this took only six months. instead of year or longer. IS sufficient tribute to thc great abilities O. 'h- marshal w0o has just dpd
 Had the Allies in spite Of 'h~ D. ooo.ooo Amyrieme in h. field, had no better leadership than H. pos sessed al times earlier u ~ne war there is little doubt that final vic tory would haze been considerably delayed. The will 10 win was self evident during l3lS. and there was universal Knowledge that German morale was descending from the time Amertoa began pouring troops into Fran aut Marshal Foch add ed the abiltg :o win Examined from any angle, fine short slz-months campaign O. victory under Foch was easily the -raes-s' ever devised and executed in th. history Of the world.
 The World War ~a- TO. Foah's first. At the a-- ae ta h. aas a lieutenan, in the Frae9-p.assian debacle.
 Finally he was c& ~a.t ta. Great War started, and 66 bcIor. a, Ur- came commander in-chl-f lIa had devoted 15 years of his life as a teacher of strategy at inc Eoo. I. Guerre: bis textbooks upon ~trar. y were regarded as modern rla->l'- But for three years after inc out break Of the war he had 10 be con. tent to be d subsidiary commando of divisions. showing better strategy and in all instances except one achieving local victories.
 In the first battle of the Marr. h, threw his weight into the cen.,r aH. attacked. throwing back the enemy In the battle from the Disc tO th' sea he ably reinforced British tir Belgian divisions and finally stoI r"r the enemy at the Yser. Only in fh' Somme, when he commanded tn' armies of the north. he failed t' achieve resounding success. an' nervous colleagues made him al inspector. But he became prom nent in the Allied war counsels. am he was made chief Of staff to Gen eraI Petain. Ii vas at that time tha' the British fifth army was nearlS wiped out at St. Quentin and me allied front nearly broken, ana T