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...year ago next month the Nazi Army on the Western Front broke through at Sedan, crossed the Meuse River, and started the drive that ended in the defeat of France. In command of the Ninth French Army, protecting the Meuse, was General Andre Georges Corap. Six days after the break-through Premier Paul Reynaud took to the air, told the French Senate of the Meuse disaster, which he blamed on "the total disorganization of the Corap Army." Said he: "As a result of unbelievable faults, which will be punished, bridges on the Meuse were not destroyed...
General Corap was relieved of his command. Paris newsmen thought that General Corap had been made a scapegoat by the Reynaud Government in an effort to restore its own prestige. His Army might have been full of slackers and saboteurs (TIME, Jan. 8, 1940), but his previous record was superb. A graduate of St. Cyr, French equivalent of West Point, he had served on Marshal Foch's staff in World War I, was twice cited for bravery. He served in 1926 under Marshal Petain against famed Rebel Abdel-Krim in French Morocco. He was for a while Chief...
...Huntziger he told his story, presented proofs. General Huntziger investigated, learned that Premier Reynaud's accusation was based on an unconfirmed report which he heard just half an hour before he went on the air last May. General Corap had repeatedly complained to General Maurice Gamelin, then in command of the French Army, that he lacked materiel and men to meet a German advance. The bridges over the Meuse were indeed blown...
Died. The Marquis de Rochambeau, 75, a vice president of the Sons of the American Revolution, direct descendant of the general whom Louis XVI dispatched in 1780 to command the French armies supporting the American Revolution; in his family chateau near Saint-Gaultier, France...
...Jenkins, having recovered from his last week's loss to Rodman, had command of the situation from start to finish of the number one singles match. He beat Ehrichs in straight sets...