War Minister, was little known by the public before the war. Both during the war and following France's defeat, he lived up to the bigest traditions of the French army. In command of an army in the Sedan area, he managed to prevent the Germans from reaching the Maginot Line for several weeks. He set a magnificent example to his troops, whose morale was high at all times and remained unshaken by the attacks of German motorized units and bombing planes. He was entrusted with the painful mission of heading the French armistice delegation at Compiegne and receiving Germany's terms for an armistice with France. Later he headed the French delegation to the Franco-German Armistice Commission at Wiesbaden.
M, Berthelot, Secretary of State for Communications, is a well-known expert on railways. A graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique. he was for many years a high official of the Orleans Railway Ca. When M. Anatole de Monzie became Minister of, Public Works, N Berthelot was appointed Cabinet f.
When all} the French railway were amal-gameted into a single state-controlled unit, he was given the post of assistant Managing-Director i
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.