Show gamelin allied war chieftain wears down foes by stalling ARIS critics of general PG PARIS gamelin amelin commander in chief of the th e british french fr ench forces have wonder wondered led why his men have been held in check behind lines instead of attacking the enemy across germanys germanas Germ anys famed the answer say frenchmen in the know is that general gamelin is playing a waiting game intentionally having learned from experience that action la Is too often confused with mere agitation whereas fuehrer hitler is saidi said to have delayed an attack because his army was not ready after the blitzkrieg in poland general gamelin is merely following the battle tactics he has in a lifetime of military experience possessing peculiar qualifications tor for a military commander gamelin spent his youth in watercolor water color sketching to this day he Is a student of philosophy which paradoxically may hold the key to his success I 1 criticized in syrian campaign best illustration of garelins Gam elins tactics is found to in his conduct of the syrian uprising in 1825 1025 when he was sent to suppress the daebel cruses 2 and relieve the besieged french outpost of Sou elda while the french press cried out bitterly he spent weeks in apparent I 1 idleness while more spontaneous gener generals als would general have attacked immediately gamelin gamelin gawehn has run the war so well that he may become the only french general to retain his command throughout a conflict parisians Pari say he reminds them of the famous old general joffre world war commander under whom he studied but they also recall that gamelin was chiefly responsible for one of the major world war victories generally credited to joffre this happened when gamelin as a major in charge of joffres establishment during the battle of the marne detected a weakness of the german position recommended an immediate attack and helped draw up the famous september 4 order it launched a battle which altered history |