FRANCHET d'ESPEREY (1856-1942) Marshal of France; served in - Lot 31

FRANCHET d'ESPEREY (1856-1942) Marshal of France; served in North Africa, Tonkin, China and against the Boxers. Commander-in-Chief of the Allied armies in the East, he forced the Bulgarians to sign the armistice in September 1918. LAS to a Commandant. Paris, April 9, 1938. 3 pages in-8. His correspondent writes an article on the military operations of the 1st World War: "...I have lent Colonel Grasset...the documents that might interest you...Your issue will be sensational. As far as the East is concerned, you might like to head the October 3 letter from Marshal de Hindenbourg to the Chancellor, which contains this typical sentence: following the collapse of the Macedonian front, we no longer have any hope of forcing the enemy to make peace. An admission of German defeat. ". A beautiful and interesting letter.