CLEMENCEAU'S PLUCK
IN TRENCHES IN WAR TIME
CLOSE TO THE ENEMY
Cnlted Press Association—By Electric Tele-
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(Received 27th 'November, 11 a.m.) PARIS, 26th November.
■ The "Midi" relates that in April, 1916, the late M. Clemenceau demanded to be taken as near as possible to the enemy. He was conducted to trenches at Commerey, where tho Germans were only twelve feet from the French front line. Crawling on all fours in semidarkness, Clemeneeau encountered a crouching sentry and greeted him rather loudly. He received an answer in the shape of a terrific punch and a whispered growl, "Shut up. When he was returning, another sentry warned Clemenceau not to pas's through a trench which had been mined. "You came that way. That's good enough for me," growled "The Tiger." A quarter of an hour later the trench blew up.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 129, 27 November 1929, Page 11
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