Said Marshal Lyautey, retiring French Resident General in Morocco, as he landed at Marseilles: "All's well in Morocco! That's all I can say. I am no longer responsible for anything there."
Meanwhile Marshall Petain was ordering his soldiers to squat down on their present position and wait until spring, when the present torrential rains will cease. Already more rain has fallen during October than the average total precipitation for both October and November. In the French sector, every road is a bog, every valley is a swamp.
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