FRENCH’S BOOK ON THE WAR
THE RETREAT FROM LE GATEAU
Reuter’s Telegram. LONDON, May 5. The “Daily Telegraph” is publishing extracts from Field-Marshal French’s boob on the war. Telling the story of the retreat after the disastrous stand of tho Second Army at Le Cateau, Lord French writes; “Although Marshal Joffre was anxious to take the offensive, I insisted on the necessity for a further retreat. At tho discussion_ between the commanders at the British Headquarters, General Smith-Dorrien was of opinion that the only course was to return to tho base, re-embark, and try to land at some favourable point on the coast. I refused to listen to what was equivalent to a counsel of despair.”
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10275, 9 May 1919, Page 6
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116FRENCH’S BOOK ON THE WAR New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10275, 9 May 1919, Page 6
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