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Grey River Argus, 7 October 1914, Page 5

•Those who assert that thas is the day of the young man. and that a man is' "too old at forty," may be induced to modify their views by. noting the ages of the principal generals eng,a.g ed in the present war., states the Mcl bourne "Argus-". General Joffre. the Comman«der-rn : Chief of the Franco British forces, is sixty-two; his principal subordinate, General Pau, is four or five years older 1 : Sir John French is sixty-two; von Khick is sixty-eight. These veterans present Tn this respect a str-king contrast to the leaders of. the Napoleonic era. Napoleon himself was only twenty-six when he was placed «& <ominand of' the army of Italy. and only thirty, yften he won the battle of Marengo.. He .was., not. f.ortv-six af Waterloo, and mo^t of his brilliant' cluster of marshals were about the same age as their illustrious chief. Wellington