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Show GENERAL PETAIN, French, com- I mander-in-chief, who has "been named a marshal of France. j . i - 1 r I i ' '' f ' 1 r, v V'H I h , - ' " , w -y. i -ft nid' J ' 1 - - k 4 p ' - k f i J l ST i"HVJi' MISO'ETJUNTQ" mm mi Fitting Honor for Commander Com-mander in Chief of the French Armies. I'AUl, Nov. U). General I'etain, the commander-in-chief of the French armies, today was named a marshal of France ; at a meeting of the French cabinet pre-j pre-j sidcil oter by president Poincnre. ! Gnncial retain today is entering Metz j at the head of the French Tenth army. 1 Tho raising of retain to the rank of marshal will increase the number of mar-1 mar-1 s bal: of France to three, (he others being Marshal Joffre and Marshal Foch. General Gen-eral Pelain, formerly chief of the general gen-eral staff, was, on May 7, 1317, appointed commander-in-chief of tiie French armies operating on the French front, which command he has since held, while Marshal Mar-shal Foch, BS generalissimo, commanded the 'French and other allied armies throughout I he field of opera Hons. General. Pelain was a retired colonel at the outbreak of the .war. Uuring t lie early weeks nf the war. General Petain's ability as a tactician and a strategist brought him speedily to the c.ommnnd of a brigade, and early in September. Sep-tember. JDH. lie was made a general of division. |