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WHAT HAVE YOU THERE?. A VOLUME OF LITERATURE?

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NO-IT'S A BOOK- MR JOHN EDGAR HOOVER GAVE IT TO ME-IT IS ALL ABOUT. LAW ND CRIME -

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 181940.

GENERAL GAMELIN-A PERSONAL SKETCH

"On the field of battle, as in the hours of waiting; whatever the mano-- euvres of the enemy, in the war of nerves as in the war, of armies, once more we will hold firm, and we will win!".

This is General. Camelin's message to the troops for 1940, and his whole career shows that they are the weighed words of a man of action.

General Gamelin, small, taciturn, looking 10 years younger than his 67 years, holds a higher position than any general in French history.

The new post of Chief of General Staff of National Defence in 1938 put him at the head of France's land, sea and air Forces; and, by a pre-war ar- rangement, he became Generalissimo of the Allied armies at the outbreak of war.

General Gamelin has a brilliant re- cord both of staff and active service. A long association with Joffre led to his drafting-as a 42-year old ma- jor on Joffre's staff-the Orders which led to the victory of the Marne.

He left Joffre's staff to command a be- battalion of chasseurs, and he came a brigadier-general at the age of

44.

Audacious Feats

He led

the French 9th Division which relieved the British Fifth Army under General Gough at Noyon. On that occasion, General Gamelin's divi- sion held six German divisions on an eleven-mile front for four days, March 22-26, 1918.

This was, perhaps, the most ef- fective German attack of the whole war, and there was a danger of being out-flanked by the enemy. General

-By-

ERIC SIEPMANN

was

he had military tember, 1872, and ancestors on both sides of his family. He was a brilliant student at St. Cyr., in North active service and after Africa he went to the Staff College and passed out "top". His long and fruitful association with Joffre began in 1904.

He is only 5ft 4in: tall, but he has athlete and is an been a life-long

He has none of Foch's he expert ski-er. excitability; on the contrary, never raises his voice.

Student Of Philosophy

business-like. He is unemotional, His features, underneath his sandy greying hair, brushed back, are now well-known to the world through photographs; but what the photographs do not reveal is his friendly intimate. smile.

He is a non-smoker; but a connois- seur. of wines.

His headquarters in the Boulevard His de Invalides are unpretentious. room is full of maps, and he is sup- posed to know all the roads on both sides of the French-German frontier by heart.

Gamelin ordered a counter-attack by night. He imperturbably entertained General Gamelin is a cultured man "An two British generals to dinner, and

as well as a brilliant soldier.

"he when the counter-attack was success-officer should read much ful and the division was withdrawn to says; and he reads much himself-es safe positions, he the last to pecially philosophy. This led Joffre to leave.

exclaim after the Marne: "If this be all my generals Among his other war feats was an philosophy, then audacious crossing of the Vesle, which should be philosophers.". was achieved in 90 minutes between

General Gamelin has visited London 5.30 and 7 p.m. on 30 September, 1918, on several occasions. He received the 1938,, with hardly any losses...

G.C.V.O. from The King in after the magnificent review of French troops which took place before King and Queen at Versailles.

In 1925, General Gamelin had the hard and unpleasant task of putting down the Druse rebellion in Syria, and in spite of small and ill-equipped Forces he succeeded in established peace within a few months.

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General Gamelin joined the Supreme War Council in 1930 and replaced General Weygand Chief of the French Staff in 1935. Among his major achievements are a new system of mobilisation by "groups" instead of age "classes" which has proved a triumph of efficiency.

He is also responsible for the im- at the penetrable secrecy in which outbreak of this war, unlike 1914 the Allied plans were kept.

General Gamelin's chief characteris- tic is an imperturbable coolness. His determination not to waste human ma- terial on hazardous military adven- tures is well-known.

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TSAOYANG CAPTURED

The

Chungking, To-day.

After a violent battle Chinese forces have recaptured the town of Tsao- yang, where 20,000 Japanese troops have been cut off after the retreat of the main Japanese army north-west of Hankow, according to a Chinese High Command, communique, which were dislodged states the Japanese with over 7,000 casualties.

The remnants of the Japanese force are reported to be retreating towards He was born in a house opposite the south and south-east with Chin- the War Office in Paris on 20 Sep-1 ese troops on their heels-Reuter,

DOES IT TELL WHAT THE CRIMES ARE AND WHAT THE PENALTIES. ARE FOR THE SAME?:

YES I'VE JUST READ TWO OF THEM AND

“IT LOOKS AS THOUGH -

By George McManus

MAGGIE'S

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LEAVE THE OUNTRY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE¬

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