Word: commander
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Clemenceau who called Foch to the supreme command. On that historic occasion General Foch shifted uneasily in his chair, then blurted out: "I don't suppose you know that I have a brother who is a Jesuit...
...tackle this job but will leave it to Marshal Pétain, is one of the best co-ordinators French militarism has ever produced. His star turn during the War was to mingle with and co-ordinate the "allied" military leaders who so easily quarreled with the French command to which they were subordinate under Generalissimo
Still as touchy about "pride" and "honor" as in their hot youth, ten or more fiery old Spanish politicians called at the Royal Palace in Madrid last week by His Majesty's command, went in wagging their handsome white beards. As each came out he boasted of what bold words he had used to long-jawed King Alfonso XIII...
...Creation: "Having in God's mysterious designs become the successor of the Prince of the Apostles, those Apostles whose doctrine and preaching were by Divine command destined for all nations and for every creature, and being the first in that position to use and employ this truly wonderful Marconian invention, we turn first to all things and all people and with the assistance of the holy scripture, here and in what follows...
Died. Major General Clarence Ransom Edwards, 71, "Daddy of the Yankee Division"; after an intestinal operation; in Boston, Mass. He was placed in command of the 26th (New England) Division in 1917, led it in France...