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Harry Gustav Byng...
...course we have heard more about the British sub-commanders, but until this latest drive upon Cambrai, mention of General Byng had been quite casual. He is now on the way to hero worship and we shall presently be deluged with details as to what he eats, how he behaved in school and who his favorite authors...
...expect every British tank to do its damnedest." Such was the message of General Byng, given immediately before the opening of the great battle of Cambrai. The gist of this message was sounded more than a century ago and was followed by a victory as glorious and decisive as is recorded in the history of nations. It came, as in the present instance, at a moment when the enemy was winning successes in every country of Europe, when public opinion was discouraged, and ominous clamors for peace were being heard. But roused by the confidence and determination of their chief...
Henry Gustav Byng '13, Andre Cheronnet Champollion '02, Victor Emmanuel Chapman '13, Henry Augustus Colt '10, Charles Robert Cross, Jr., '03, Fritz Daur STB. '14, Calvin Wellington Day GS. 1913-14, Henry Weston Farnsworth '13, Morrill Stanton Gaunt, And., 1914-16, Harold Marion Crawford '11, Clyde Fairbanks Maxwell '14, Robert Edouard Pellissier '04, Norman Prince '08, Alyn Seeger '10, Dillwyn Parrish Starr '08, Edward Mandell Stone '08, Dr. Crosby Church Whitman '86, George Williamson '05, Allen M. Cleghorn (formerly an instructor...
Henry Gustav Byng '13, Andre Cheronnet Champollion '02, Victor Emmanuel Chapman '13, Henry Augustus Colt '10, Charles Robert Cross, Jr., '03, Fritz Daur STB, '14, Calvin Wellington Day GS, '12-'14, Henry Weston Farnsworth '12, Morrill Stanton Gaunt, And., '14-'16; Harold Marion-Crawford '11, Clyde Fairbanks Maxwell '14, Robert Edouard Pellissien '04, Norman Prince '08, Alyn Seeger '10, Dillwyn Parrish Starr '08, Edward Mandell 'Stone '08, Dr. Crosby Church Whitman '86, George Williamson '05, Allen M. Cleghorn, (one-time instructor...