John French, 1st Earl of Ypres but Joffre declined, saying this would be bad for BEF morale and he worked "well and cordially" with Sir John. Foch told Wilson of this (5 November). French sent Captain Freddy Guest to complain to the Prime Minister, who refused to believe it, and both Asquith and Churchill wrote French reassuring letters. French went to see Foch (6 November) to thank him for his "comradeship and loyalty". This did not stop him writing to Kitchener (15 November) that ""au fond", they are a low lot, and one always has to remember the class these French generals come from". French talked
Unclean spirit spirits of deceit" are "porneia" (sexual sins), gluttony, anger, hypocrisy, arrogance, lying, and injustice; "besides all these, the spirit of sleep, the eighth spirit, is conjoined with error and fantasy." The phrase "pneuma astheneias", "spirit of infirmity" or "spirit of weakness," is unique in the New Testament to the Gospel of Luke, as is the story in which it appears: Luke is the gospel writer who was a physician, and while his profession may have motivated his interest, nothing suggests a medical diagnosis. "Asthenia" throughout the New Testament means "weakness" or "powerlessness" of any kind, including sickness. Some have seen