CLEMENCEAU’S EXPERIENCES
A VISIT TO THE TRENCHES. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright;. (Received this day at 11 a.m./ PARIS, Nov. 26. “Midi” relates that in April, 1916, M. Clemenceau demanded to be taken as near as possible to the enemy. He was conducted to the trenches at Commercy where the Germans were only twelve feet from the French front line. Crawling on all fours in semi-darkness, Clemenceau 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 returning, another sentry warned Clemenceau not to pass through a trench which had been mined. “You came that way;' it is good enough for me,” growled the “Tiger.” A quarter of as hour later ihc trench blew up.
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Hokitika Guardian, 27 November 1929, Page 5
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132CLEMENCEAU’S EXPERIENCES Hokitika Guardian, 27 November 1929, Page 5
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