GOUNOD, CHARLES FRANGOIS

| (1819-93), Fr. composer; 6. Paris; Grand prix de Rome, 1839; studied sacred music in Rome, especially Pal estrin a| and Bach; first opera, Sappho, 1851;| Faust, 1859, most popular work long the standard type of Fr. Philemon et Baucis, 1860; La Reine Saba, 1862; Mireille, 1864; Romeo Juliet, 1867. G. wrote sacred music during the latter part of his life, oratorios, The Redemption and Mors Vita, being among his best works; master of orchestration; romantic ae with great dramatic pa ion. AUD, HEN; GENE (1867). Fr. soldier. His brilliant | defense of the Argonne led to his being an| called ‘the Lion of the Argonne.’ He | succeeded General d’Amade as com- |mander-in-chief of Fr. Expeditionary | Force at Dardanelles (May 1915), where |he was severely wounded and lost an In offensive in Champagne (July was| Aug. 1918) defeated enemy EH. of Reims; | drove Germans out of Champagne and retook Meziéres. He was given the rank of Marshal of France. In Dec. 1919 he |/2-chiet of army o1 Levant. © va Part as commander of 2 portion of the French forces in the occupation of the in| Rubr in 1923. in} GOURD, monaecious annual herbs, in| genus Cucurbitae, natural order Cucur- | bitacea, which trail by tendrils; showy yellow flower and large juicy fruits. Melon, Cucumber, and Vegetable Marrow are cultivated for table use, | while the Colocynth yields a purgative. treasurer|The seeds of all have a destructive | action on intestinal parasites. The shell |of g. fruits are used as bottles, dippers, | etc.