MARSHAL OF FRANCE
A TRIBUTE TO JOFFBE. : Paris, December 36. General Lyautey, Minister for War in a letter to President Poincare, says ■'The dignity of Marshal of France, i; abeyance owing to the long peace, coul not he better revived.than in favour c General Joffre, who, on the Marne an Yser, arrested terrible'onslaughts a th© moment tho.enemy thought to a] tain his aim and compel us to submi to his will. Tho whole country ha awaited from the Government this ac ' of gratitude arid justice."—Aus.-N,2 1 Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2963, 29 December 1916, Page 5
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