Sublime

A legendary battlefield commander, Leclerc was most famous for fighting his way north with a Free French force 420 miles from Fort Lamy in Chad to join the British Eighth Army in the Sahara in February 1941.

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One day, Wavell was en route to visit a military post when his car was flagged down by a British officer from his Intelligence staff. A ‘dark, fiery and eager’ captain called Orde Wingate, having ambushed the commander on the highway, abruptly laid out his plan for dealing with the armed Arab gangs: armed Jewish gangs or Special Night Squads, train

Loudon, who in 1843 published the first – and apparently still the only – treatise on the subject: On the Laying Out, Planting, and Managing of Cemeteries; and on the Improvement of Churchyards.

Toujours prêt à donner un renseignement ou une directive, il fut le chef qui sait laisser aux exécutants la liberté nécessaire, tout en prenant la responsabilité de tout.