Word: macedonia
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...GARDENERS OF SALONIKA, by Alan Palmer. During World War I, the Allies used Macedonia as a dumping ground for out-of-favor generals. But in 1918 French General Franchet d'Esperey refused to stay dumped; instead, he struck boldly at the heart of Germany through Belgrade and Vienna. Palmer tells the story of D'Esperey's swift and decisive drive in highly readable style, and also wonders aloud why this strategy was not followed three years earlier...
...victory offensive," and April in Paris meant shells from Big Bertha dropping in the Tuileries Gardens. The French needed a scapegoat for their setback and chose General Franchet d'Esperey (the British called him "Desperate Frankie"), then commander of the northern armies in France. He was exiled to Macedonia. An egotistical but forceful general, D'Esperey promptly got the 350,000-man force out of its lice-ridden trenches. He struck boldly at the heart of Germany through Belgrade, Budapest and Vienna...
...President Johnson explained, Paulus went on to say that if anyone did want to give him some free advice, "let him come with me into Macedonia...
...bitter orations against Philip II, Demosthenes painted Macedonia as a barbarous country. But archaeologists are now discovering that Alexander the Great's birthplace, Pella, the capital of Macedonia, was a city of such culture and opulence that it may have ranked with Athens itself. That possibility was long masked not only by Greek scorn for the Macedonians, but also by the fact that the Romans destroyed Pella in 168 B.C. Gradually covered by layers of dirt, ancient Pella's precise location became unknown...
...opening at Suffolk Downs are advised that BOURBON BLUE looks like a promising longshot in today's featured eighth race. He's a seven-year-old cheaple, but has the speed to lead every step of the way. CHIEF MASHPEE could pay a long price in the sixth, and MACEDONIA would have to break a leg to lose in the ninth...