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...have been the reason for it. Iraq was not a threat to the U.S. or Britain, yet here are two leaders still trying to excuse their mistakes in the hopes that someone, sometime, will believe them. It is about time the court in the Hague got involved. James Harrison Castelnau Montratier, France...
Died. Cynthia (real name: Elizabeth Pack Brousse), 53, World War II Mata Hari on the Allied side; of cancer; in Castelnau, France (see THE WORLD...
...Sept. 25, 1914 this entry in the diary continues: "General Headquar- ters' instructions [i. e. Joffre's] dated Sept. 2 orders the [French] armies to retreat to the Seine and the withdrawal of two army corps from Nancy. Thus, evacuation of Nancy and Verdun. "General de Castelnau disobeys orders, resists on the Grand Couronne, saves Nancy. General Sarrail gives battle before Verdun despite orders to retreat. He saves Verdun. I take the offensive [with taxicabsj before Paris while General Headquarters are removed far to the rear at Chatillon. These were actions independent of the will of the commander...
...Rouen, the Archbishop of that name presided over a meeting of Catholics at which General de Castelnau and the Marquis de la Ferronaye spoke. The meeting passed a vote of censure on the Government for sponsoring the suppression of the French Embassy to the Vatican (TIME, June 30, Sept...
Like his comrade General Castelnau (whom many say is the greater soldier), Marshal Foch is a devout Catholic, but unlike him he does not mix in politics. M. Castelnau has been an administrator, a tactician. Foch is the theorist, the strategist. Castelnau organized the mobilization system that worked so wonderfully for France at the begin- ning of the War; he saved Nancy, which Foch was apparently unable to do; he saved Verdun, which Petain could not do. Foch became the greater general because, although a Catholic, he kept his political opinions to himself, which Castelnau...