Show MARSHAL FOCH W WAS S MISQUOTED When Marshal Foch Fochs Foch's Armistice day af interview was published The Standard Examiner expressed doubt as to the tb commander hay hav hav- hav having Log ing been correctly quoted quote Recently an eastern paper made ih hi following editorial aI com comment eni Marshal Foch has disavowed th newspaper article stated that he h had bad used Ida his pow pow- power powers erS er of ot persuasion to prevent a of ot the Belgian army In November r 1914 No o soldier r hu has been n more mor steadfast In refusing to talk about operation of the th war than than the great treat French commanders commander n Nor r wilt will he write writ a hoik- hoik it is said sail In that respect hf he lis is like Field Marshal Mat Hale Hair On On day Marshal Foch wa wal reported as saying that to- to toward to ward to ward ward th the end of o July Juli 1918 1 18 he almost had to coerce Halt Hale and Ind Pe into joining him with with the ther r armies In lii a upon the tb enemy get Yet not man many days later Hah Haig began beian that smashing Assault on on the German lin lines s which did not I halt halt for tor a hundred das da's days and proved d to be the finest inest British British i nt of ot the war The i atory is Ia told In General Sir Fred orick Frd-orick I Irick erick Maurices Maurice's Mauric The Last Four Months lie He H there tirre says that the British army at the h time was w s superior su au superior per or In efficiency and righting fighting qualities to tho the regular army ot of although It was w s practically a citizen army Field Marshal Haig was as so sure lure sur of ot It that lie gave gue the order older to advance on August Auguet 4 without having the th be cor cordial go dial support of ot a d doubting got got- or eminent at home As tor for the American army it had shown Its III worth orth at t Cantigny and on other fields ields and General Generd PershIng was wasas u as confident of ot it as u the tb commander was ot of o his own owA reorganized reorganized and trained forces Marshal Manhal Foch told no such story atory as lIS was w attributed to him The truth Is I that tho th first fr t tell tell- Ger log Ing blow struck against the he th tIer Ger Germans mans was south bt ot f Soissons on the lent reaching Machine down n to the Mime arne The Th blow was delivered by the th Americans and French and opened a treat great gap tap in the th German GermanI I linda nC To sue save the th troops pocket pocket- td cd d In the th salient allent the th Germans weakened that hat part ot of their lines opposite the British Then the Br British ish were wore instructed to to hit hit with all their This was the th co co of ot the allied forces which had hed h d been hoped and when It started started to 10 operate operate it shattered the German terman defense all along th line 00 00 |