Word: generalissimoing
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...Foch had heard (as who has not?) that Papa Joffre's soon-to-be-published memoirs contain scorching paragraphs about her husband, the Generalissimo. Calling upon Widow Joffre, Widow Foch begged: "Do let some impartial person read your husband's memoirs before they are published! Surely it would be best for France-best for patriotic reasons-that some passages be removed. Is there not glory enough for both our husbands as things...
...past twelvemonth potent, progressive President Chiang has brought peace to most of China by driving two rival War Lords out of China, bringing a third into his regime. Nos. 1 & 2 are ex-Governor Yen Hsi-shan of Shansi ("The Model Province") and ex-Generalissimo Feng Yu-hsiang of "The Largest Private Army in the World" (TIME, Sept...
...carriage upon which rested a coffin within which was an urn containing ashes. The Papal Nuncio and Cardinal van Roey and the Belgian Army's Catholic chaplains kept their skirts clear of the funeral. The ashes were those of Lieut.- General Bernheim, during the War Belgian generalissimo, cremated by his own express command...
...Damn your brother!" he roared, and upon this broadminded basis Foch accepted the Tiger's flattering offer. Later, on one of Clemenceau's famed dashes to the front, he arrived at the headquarters of the Generalissimo, only to be told that Foch was kneeling in a nearby tent at Mass...
...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...