[Frontispiece: Marshal Foch at the Peace Conference.]

BY

CLARA E. LAUGHLIN

WITH APPRECIATION BY

LIEUT.-COL. EDOUARD RÉQUIN

of the French High Commission to the United States

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

REVISED AND ENLARGED EDITION

NEW YORK ———— CHICAGO Fleming H. Revell Company LONDON AND EDINBURGH

DEDICATION

TO THE MEN WHO HAVE FOUGHT UNDER GENERAL FOCH'S COMMAND. TO ALL Of THEM, IN ALL GRATITUDE. BUT IN AN ESPECIAL WAY TO THE MEN OF THE 42D DIVISION, THE SPLENDOR OF WHOSE CONDUCT ON SEPTEMBER 9, 1914, NO PEN WILL EVER BE ABLE ADEQUATELY TO COMMEMORATE.

[Illustration: Hand-written letter from Foch.]

[Illustration: Page 1 of hand-written letter from Lt.-Colonel E. Réquin to Clara Laughlin.]

[Illustration: Page 2 of hand-written letter from Lt.-Colonel E. Réquin to Clara Laughlin.]

"THEY SHALL NOT PASS!"

CONTENTS

FOREWORD TO REVISED AND ENLARGED EDITION

I. WHERE HE WAS BORN

II. BOYHOOD SURROUNDINGS

III. A YOUNG SOLDIER OF A LOST CAUSE

IV. PARIS AFTER THE GERMANS LEFT

V. LEARNING TO BE A ROUGH RIDER

VI. FIRST YEARS IN BRITTANY

VII. JOFFRE AND FOCH

VIII. THE SUPERIOR SCHOOL OF WAR

IX. THE GREAT TEACHER

X. A COLONEL AT FIFTY

XI. FORTIFYING FRANCE

XII. ON THE EVE OF WAR

XIII. THE BATTLE OF LORRAINE

XIV. THE FIRST VICTORY AT THE MARNE

XV. SENT NORTH TO SAVE CHANNEL PORTS

XVI. THE SUPREME COMMANDER

XVII. BRINGING GERMANY TO ITS KNEES

XVIII. DURING THE ARMISTICE—AND AFTER

ILLUSTRATIONS

Marshal Foch at the Peace Conference . . . . . . Frontispiece

Hand-written letter from Foch.

Page 1 of hand-written letter from Lt.-Colonel E. Réquin to Clara Laughlin.

Page 2 of hand-written letter from Lt.-Colonel E. Réquin to Clara Laughlin.

The room in which Ferdinand Foch was born

The house in Tarbes where Foch was born

Ferdinand Foch as a schoolboy of twelve

The school in Tarbes

Marshall Joffre--General Foch

General Pétain--Marshal Haig--General Foch--General Pershing

General Foch--General Pershing

Marshal Foch, Executive head of the allied forces

Ferdinand Foch, Marshal of France

FOREWORD TO REVISED AND ENLARGED EDITION

I

WHERE HE WAS BORN

[Illustration: The Room in Which Ferdinand Foch was Born.]

[Illustration: The House in Tarbes Where Foch was Born.]

II

BOYHOOD SURROUNDINGS

[Illustration: Ferdinand Foch (center) as a Schoolboy.]

[Illustration: The School in Tarbes Where Foch Prepared for the Military Academy.]

III

A YOUNG SOLDIER OF A LOST CAUSE

IV

PARIS AFTER THE GERMANS LEFT

V

LEARNING TO BE A ROUGH RIDER

VI

FIRST YEARS IN BRITTANY

VII

JOFFRE AND FOCH

[Illustration: Marshall Joffre, General Foch]

VIII

THE SUPERIOR SCHOOL OF WAR

IX

THE GREAT TEACHER

X

A COLONEL AT FIFTY

XI

FORTIFYING FRANCE WITH GREAT PRINCIPLES

XII

ON THE EVE OF WAR

XIII

THE BATTLE OF LORRAINE

XIV

THE FIRST VICTORY AT THE MARNE

XV

SENT NORTH TO SAVE THE CHANNEL PORTS

XVI

THE SUPREME COMMANDER OF THE ALLIED ARMIES

[Illustration: General Pétain--Marshal Haig--General Foch--General Pershing]

[Illustration: General Foch--General Pershing]

XVII

BRINGING GERMANY TO ITS KNEES

[Illustration: Marshal Foch, Executive Head of the Allied Forces]

XVIII

DURING THE ARMISTICE AND AFTER

[Illustration: Ferdinand Foch. Showing His Insignia as a Marshal of France, Consisting of Seven Stars on Each Sleeve and Four Rows of Oak Leaves on His Cap.]

WITH APPRECIATION BY

of the French High Commission to the United States

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

REVISED AND ENLARGED EDITION

NEW YORK ———— CHICAGO Fleming H. Revell Company LONDON AND EDINBURGH

[Illustration: Hand-written letter from Foch.]

[Illustration: Page 1 of hand-written letter from Lt.-Colonel E. Réquin to Clara Laughlin.]

[Illustration: Page 2 of hand-written letter from Lt.-Colonel E. Réquin to Clara Laughlin.]

[Illustration: The Room in Which Ferdinand Foch was Born.]

[Illustration: The House in Tarbes Where Foch was Born.]

[Illustration: Ferdinand Foch (center) as a Schoolboy.]

[Illustration: The School in Tarbes Where Foch Prepared for the Military Academy.]

[Illustration: Marshall Joffre, General Foch]

[Illustration: General Pétain--Marshal Haig--General Foch--General Pershing]

[Illustration: General Foch--General Pershing]

[Illustration: Marshal Foch, Executive Head of the Allied Forces]

[Illustration: Ferdinand Foch. Showing His Insignia as a Marshal of France, Consisting of Seven Stars on Each Sleeve and Four Rows of Oak Leaves on His Cap.]