The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1914. BRITISH SOLDIERS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 22, 12 September 1914, Page 4

The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1914. BRITISH SOLDIERS.

The wonderful story which was published yesterday in the form of General French's official report of the retreat, iroiu .31 ons, was SjOmethhig to inake the heart. ;glad 4 , In modern warfare , .there hum probably never bean .such , a 13'emarka.ble,; jvarrguard act,ioi; fqught against such sv&rwhefcni!ig.qddb. as that which the British and .Froi:.;],, forces carried out, so marvejlpusly wejj, as descri bed .by. the British Comman-der-in-Chief. If 'there, were any who ever doubted that British soldiers were to-day as,good, as those .splendid fellows who fought in the past great wars in which Britain has been engaged, they must now be satisfied that there lias been no deterioration either in British science of warfare or in the pluck and endurance of the soldiers themselves. We may well to-day feel proud of our country and the flag under which we are privileged to live. In the few .short weeks of bitter warfare which have just passed, Ave have sorrowfully learned that muchvaunted Germany with all her protestations of friendship to her neighbours and her lying pretence of desire for peace and the pursuits of peace, is nothing better than a horde of barbarians unworthy of a place amongst civilised nations. But we have also learned with deepest satisfaction that, in every way, Russia; France and Britain have played the game. The retirement of the British force, when it was so hopelessly pressed and practically unsupported ;.l

Mons; could not have been carried out in finer order, and though General French tells his tale with brief modesty it would not take a very high imagination to read between the lines the heroic tale of splendid courage and almost unbelievable endurance, if is no wonder that Germany's legions were dominated by tho personality of the British force and that to-day we are able to publish such splendid news as tin cables give. The complete defeat oi tiic Germans in France is mainly due of General French's great stand, be-

cause it enabled the French forces to gather from distant parts in time to lace the situation and defend the beloved French capital. The time has probably arrived to strike l the German in-

vader decisively, and for the sake o! humanity the Allies will strike ruthlessly and relentlessly bearing in mind ,the barbarity which has characterised Germany's cruel and ravishing march through peaceful lands. It will be a bad day for the world if ever any one Power were to rule lOurope as a whole, but it i- s absolutely unthinkable that Germany should ever be that Bower.