Word: weygand
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...late great Marshal Ferdinand Foch reached his fusty little office in the top of the Invalides, he would lean his umbrella in the corner, adjust his spectacles, tap the barometer on his office wall, then call as he sat down at his desk "Et maintenant, ou est mon Weygand?" Loyal, capable General Max Weygand, member of the superior War Council, was always there. Despite the fact that he had been Chief Assistant, almost a second son to Marshal Foch since the outbreak of the war, General Weygand never dreamed of sitting down in the marshal's presence, never called...
...When I am no longer here," said he on his deathbed, "If a military peril menaces France, call on Weygand and you can be tranquil...
...Prime Minister of Poland. Reason: rash General Sikorski has just published a book denying credit to Marshal Pilsudski for having stopped by his generalship the Bolshevist advance into Poland in 1920. The credit should go instead, writes General Sikorski, to the supervising strategy of famed French Commander General Max Weygand...
...civilian regime in Syria. The meeting was not cordial. Snapped M. Sarrail, "You should not have troubled to come to meet me." Replied M. de Jouvenel, "As you like, but I have thought it my duty to seek information everywhere, and have sought the advice of Generals Gouraud and Weygand, your predecessors." Barked the ungracious General, "That should be enough!" Later he consented to discuss Syrian affairs in secret with M. de Jouvenel; and held a long conference with Premier Painlevé. To the correspondents he said nothing...
...Army in Salonica, eventually becoming the Allied Commander-in-Chief. After a not very successful campaign, he was recalled at the end of 1917; and in the following April was placed in the reserve, having reached the age limit. There he stayed until 1924 when, in succession to General Weygand, he was made French High Commissioner in Syria...