TROOPS CHEER KING
FRONT LINE VISITED SURVEY FROM PILLBOX REVIEW ON ROADSIDES (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) • Reed. Dec. 7, 9 a.m.) LONDON .Dec. 5. His Majesty the King spent eight hours with his armies in France, visiting the front line positions, accompanied by General Lord Gort, Com-mander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force, the Duke of Gloucester, and other high officers. The King reviewed a Highland battalion a quarter of a mile behind the barbed wire entanglements and stood on a pillbox in order to survey the potential battlefield and hear the full explanation of future tactics. He passed through miles of troops drawn up on muddy roadsides. His movements could be traced by the rolling bursts of cheers which marked his progress in the Royal car. Knots of French civilians lined the streets of. towns and villages through which the party returned to .general headquarters.
Their Majesties are sending Christmas cards to ail members of the army and Royal Air Force in France.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20114, 7 December 1939, Page 11
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