Hubert Camon

From POLAND 1914 - 1931 by Robert Machray, 1931

COMMENTS ON BATLE OF WARSAW

No sooner was it won than the Battle of Warsaw, sometimes called the Battle of the Vistula, became the subject of envenomed controversy, as Pilsudski�s political opponents maintained that the victory was due to Weygand and not to the Marshal ; they said that the conception was Weygand�s, the execution at most Pilsudski�s. A Russian in the service of Germany as a propagandist gave a different explanation by asserting that the Bolsheviks were beaten by French officers with machine guns. The Poles a s a people gladly recognized the value of Weygand�s advice, and particularly of the help he gave in organizing the defence of Warsaw ; they also admitted that French officers and under-officers assisted them—some to the extent even of fighting beside them in the field— but the number of these Frenchmen was very small, their real significance being far more moral than material. Weygand himself repelled the statement that the victory was his in any way : in an interview which he gave to the correspondent of the Paris Information, printed in that journal on August 21, 1920, he said—in rely to the remark that some Poles proclaimed him the �saviour of Warsaw�—�That is not the case, and I beg you to fix French opinion on that important point. The Victory which is being celebrated in Warsaw is a Polish victory ; the military operations were executed by Polish generals in accordance with a Polish plan� Camon began the Introduction to his Manœvre libératrice with the words �Marshal Pilsudski is incontestably the author of the manœvre which saved Poland.� Some Poles thought that the Marshal�s plan owed much to the editing of Rozwadowski ; nearer the truth, probably, was the credit given for part of it to trusted officers of the Staff. The fact remained that the victory flowed from Pilsudski�s plan . . .

GREATNESS OF PILSUDSKI�S VICTORY

In the interview mentioned above Weygand observed : �The magnificent Polish victory will have results of great importance on the international situation. It consolidates the Polish State.� It did that, but it did a great deal more ; it not only saved Poland from Bolshevization, but probably all Europe. . . .

New York : E. P. Dutton, 1932, pages 164-5.

Camon, Hubert, 1855-1942. Title La guerre napoléonienne : les systemes d'opérations, théorie et technique / Hubert Camon ; préface et illustrations de Bruno Colson. Publisher Paris [France] : Institut de stratégie comparée, EPHE IV-Sorbonne : Economica, c1997. Description 412 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Series Bibliothèque Stratégique ISBN 2717833390 Language French Note Includes bibliographical references and index. Subject Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821

Camon, Hubert, 1855-1942. Title Quand et comment Napol�on a con�u son syst�me de manoeuvre; avec 10 cartes dans le texte, et, hors texte, 1 tableau synoptique des manoeuvres de Napol�on. Publisher Paris, Berger-Levrault, 1931. Description vii, 169, [2] p. illus. (maps, plan) fold. tab. 23 cm. Language French Note At head of title: G�n�ral Camon. Subject Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.

Camon, Hubert, 1855-1942. Title La manoeuvre de libératrice du Maréchal Pilsudski contre les Bolchéviks, août 1920; étude stratégique. Publisher Paris : F. Alcan, 1929. Description vii, 124 p. port., maps 19 cm. Language French Note Bibliographical references included in "Avant-propos."
Subject Piłsudski, Józef, 1867-1935.

Camon, Hubert, 1855-1942. Title Clausewitz / Colonel Camon. Publisher Paris : R. Chapelot et cie, 1911. Description x, 267 p., [2] fold. leaves of plates : maps ; 23 cm. Language French Subject Clausewitz, Carl von, 1780-1831.

Camon, Hubert, 1855-1942. Title La guerre napol�onienne : les batailles / Colonel Camon, brevet� d'�tat-major. Publisher Paris : Librairie militaire R. Chapelot, 1910. Description x, 571 p. : maps ; 23 cm. + 1 atlas ([15] leaves of folded plates : maps ; 23 cm.) Language French Subject Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.

Camon, Hubert, 1855-1942. Title La guerre napol�onienne : les systemes d'op�rations : th�orie et technique / Lt-Colonel Camon. Publisher Paris : R. Chapelot et ce., 1907. Description x, 372 p. : maps (some folded) ; 23 cm. Language French Subject Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.

Camon, Hubert, 1855-1942. Title La guerre Napoleonienee ... [microform]. Publisher Paris : Librarie militaire R. Chapelot et Cie., 1907-11. Description 3 v. : maps (some folded) ; 23 cm. Language French

Camon, Hubert, 1855-1942. Title La guerre napol�onienne. Pr�cis des campagnes. Publisher Paris : R. Chapelot, 1903. Description 2 v. maps, (part fold.) 23 cm. Language French Note At head of title: Commandant Camon. Subject Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.

Camon, Hubert, 1855-1942. Title La guerre napoléonienne / Lt-Colonel Camon. Publisher Paris : R. Chapelot, 1903-1910. Description 3 v. in 5 : maps (part fold.) Language French Note Ptie. 3, published in 1910, bears the statement of responsibility "Colonel Camon". Note Includes bibliographical references. Contents [v.1] Précis des campagnes -- [v.2] Les systèmes d'operations : theorie et technique -- [v.3] Les batailles. Atlas.