Noted Strategist Hastens Home from Near East Paris, May 18.
General Maxime Weveard. Commander-in-Chief of the French army in the Near East, arrived in Paris today by plane, it was reported here this afternoon.
General Weygand is considered one of the greatest living strategists. He entered the World Wer with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and Chief of Staff of the Ninth Army then commanded by General Foch. Lieutenant-Colonel Weygand closely cooperated with the future Marshal wehout the war and became th French representative to the Allied Supreme Council in 1917. By that time he had been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-General. In 1918 he became the Quartermaster-General of the unified Allied High Command.
In August, 1920, when the Russian troops were at the very doors of Warsaw, General Weygand was sent to Poland where he reorganized the Polish battle-line. He stopped tae Reds three miles from the Polish capital and threw them back in a defeat which proved to be decisive.
Seventy-three years of age, he has been kept in active service despite the fact that he has passed the age limit for officers in the French Army.
—Havas.
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