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...have been a coincidence, but the fact remained, plain and evident, that from the moment Marshal Pétain took over supreme command of the French armies in Morocco, the war with the rebellious Riffians (TIME, May 11 et seq.) took on a more favorable aspect for the French...
...Paris, the French Government surprised everybody by sending Marshal Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Pétain to Morocco "to assure in the best possible condition utilization of the reinforcements sent to Morocco and confer with Marshal Lyautey on all eventualities and on measures to be taken in order to insure success...
...Marshal, 69 years of age, a lean and comparatively young looking man, immediately left for Morocco, crossing the water by airplane...
Marshal Pétain is the third senior Marshal of France and as such outranks Marshal Lyautey, the French Resident General in Morocco, who will continue to be the supreme French civil authority in the Protectorate. "My duty," said Marshal Petain, "is to coordinate the reinforcements which are being sent to Morocco continuously. Those going from France will land at the Casablanca and those from Algeria will proceed directly to Taza. The question is to "use them actively in the area...
General Naulin, recently appointed director of military operations, also arrived in Morocco. He will take orders from Marshal Pétain...