Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-11-26 | Page 10 | General Castlenau Proomted Marshal by French Cabinet

General Casflenau Proomted Marshal By French Cabinet PARIS, Nov. 25. The afternoon pa-, pers were permitted to announce today to-day that tho cabinet tomorrow would promote General Edonard Dedurieres de Castelnau a marshal of France. General' de Castelnau was born in 1851 and saw his first military activity activ-ity in the Franco -Prussian war, where be won tho rank of captain. After the war he rose graduallv by reason of remarkablo military intelligence and executive capacity until 1909 ho was made gen6ral and became collaborator with General Joffro on the general staff. When the present war broke out General de Castelnau was given command com-mand in Lorraine and with his "iron division" sanguinarily defeated the Germans at Nancy. For this ho became be-came popularly known as "Saviour of Nancy." General de Castelnau lost three sons In the present war.