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Page 38
... turn it and riposte victoriously ; he took on Lord Northcliffe to send aeroplanes over the German lines dropping propaganda which , if not lies , was a very distant cadet branch of the noble family of truth in the light of events ...
... turn it and riposte victoriously ; he took on Lord Northcliffe to send aeroplanes over the German lines dropping propaganda which , if not lies , was a very distant cadet branch of the noble family of truth in the light of events ...
Page 102
... turns , ups and downs , rebuffs and rebounds , which gradually , step by step equipped this devout Christian for his great role as Savior of Civilization . Each stage of his long career carried him closer to the climactic period of 1918 ...
... turns , ups and downs , rebuffs and rebounds , which gradually , step by step equipped this devout Christian for his great role as Savior of Civilization . Each stage of his long career carried him closer to the climactic period of 1918 ...
Page 115
... turn the tables on Germany whenever the next war should be . He left a mark on the French army which nothing could efface . Without knowing it , he was building up his own future organization . Charles Dawbarn writes : The Ecole de ...
... turn the tables on Germany whenever the next war should be . He left a mark on the French army which nothing could efface . Without knowing it , he was building up his own future organization . Charles Dawbarn writes : The Ecole de ...
Page 117
... turn us out first class officers . That is what I'm after ! " From 1907 to 1911 General Foch directed the École de Guerre . Between 1900 and 1903 were published his two compact treatises on the military arts , - " The Princi- ples of ...
... turn us out first class officers . That is what I'm after ! " From 1907 to 1911 General Foch directed the École de Guerre . Between 1900 and 1903 were published his two compact treatises on the military arts , - " The Princi- ples of ...
Page 122
... week Foch assembled it and organized it and with it fought a decisive part in the Battle of the Marne usually spoken of as the turning point of the 1 whole war , and certainly marking a finish to the 122 FERDINAND FOCH.
... week Foch assembled it and organized it and with it fought a decisive part in the Battle of the Marne usually spoken of as the turning point of the 1 whole war , and certainly marking a finish to the 122 FERDINAND FOCH.
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