The Allied Troops.
GREAT FRENCH ADMIRATION OF "TOMMY ATKINS."
TIMKS AND SITDNEY SuN SeRVICKS 'Reeeivod 8.0 a.m. 1
London, September .?
French officers are lost in admi ation for the cool drollery of the British "Tommies." One saws:—
Three of your soldiers in the fighting line would argue about the merits of Gunboat Smith. Even, they stop to tire steadily, laughing when tho Cease Fire has sounded, and resume the argument. 1 said to one: "We shall beat the Germans nearer Paris, and finally rout them." He replied: "Why not do it hero, and save us walking all that distance!"
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 14, 3 September 1914, Page 5
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99The Allied Troops. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 14, 3 September 1914, Page 5
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