"Joffre" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... time the German army was on the banks of the Marne. "Papa" Joffre had hurled them back from this river in the first year of the war; now Marshal Foch must do as well—or France ...
— Aces Up • Covington Clarke
... there was no need to squabble over a Division. Why not let French have two of my Central Force Territorial Division at once,—they were jolly good and were wasting their time over here. That would sweeten French and he and Joffre would make no ...
— Gallipoli Diary, Volume I • Ian Hamilton
... "With Joffre, at the Marne, mon Capitaine," answered Father Meraut, proudly. And then he told the Captain of his being brought wounded to the Cathedral in Rheims, of its bombardment and burning, and of his rescue ...
— The French Twins • Lucy Fitch Perkins
... I had the good fortune to meet Lloyd George. He had been paying a visit to General Joffre, and was registered at the same hotel as the Commission. Through his secretary, and through the persistence of some of the commissioners, arrangements were made to meet this celebrated man. I happened ...
— A Journey Through France in War Time • Joseph G. Butler, Jr.
... letters to the President of France, General French, General Joffre, and others, which would guarantee Edestone's safety up to the German line; but suggested that it would be well not to show the French too much, since they were such a volatile nation that they might readily ...
— L. P. M. - The End of the Great War • J. Stewart Barney
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