IN SUPREME COMMAND OF THE ALLIED ARMIES ON THE WESTERN FRONT—GENERAL FOCH, the famous French strategist, who is now engaged in fighting the Battle of the Marne over again. General Foch, who was born in 1861, is best known as the victor of the Marne, having been mainly responsible for the terrible defeat inflicted upon the Germans in the first autumn of the war, while he also created a most favourable impression by the able manner in which he directed the French offensive on the Somme in 1916.
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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1474, 25 July 1918, Page 16
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88IN SUPREME COMMAND OF THE ALLIED ARMIES ON THE WESTERN FRONT—GENERAL FOCH, the famous French strategist, who is now engaged in fighting the Battle of the Marne over again. General Foch, who was born in 1861, is best known as the victor of the Marne, having been mainly responsible for the terrible defeat inflicted upon the Germans in the first autumn of the war, while he also created a most favourable impression by the able manner in which he directed the French offensive on the Somme in 1916. New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1474, 25 July 1918, Page 16
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