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PRECEPTS AND JUDGMENTS A SKETCH OF THE MILITARY CAREER OF MARSHAL
FOCH By Major A. Grasset, Of The French Service Ferdinand Foch was
born on the 4th of August, 1851, at Tarbes; his father was at that
moment Secretary-General to the Prefecture. He began his schooling
in a college of that town, continued it at Rodez, then at Polignan
with the Jesuits, and ended at the Jesuit College of St. Michel at
Saint-Etienne, where his father had been appointed Treasurer and
Paymaster. He was studious and concentrated in his work, and rather
more serious than his years might allow for. As he was inclined to
physics and history, the Jesuit fathers had determined to send him
to the Polytechnic. In 1869 they sent him to Metz, to their
celebrated establishment of Saint Clement in that town; and there
he passed one year coaching for the examination. The
Franco-Prussian war broke out before this year was over, and young
Foch, who had every prospect of success in the entrance
competition, enlisted as a volunteer; but the armistice came before
he had completed his training in depot, and before he could do
anything for his country, he witnessed the disaster. His vocation
for the B Army was not affected; but he understood now that
enthusiasm and faith are not enough to secure victory; that science
must be added. And without losing a moment he returned to his work.
The College of Saint Clement at Metz was occupied by the German
soldiery, who filled its courts and corridors. Nancy, where his
entrance examination for the Polytechnic was held, the old capital
of Lorraine, was the headquarters of Manteuffel, and the Stanislas
Square echoed every evening with the sound of the German marching
and with their bugle calls. Every evening, as he came in after the
day's examination work, Ferdin...
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