HERO OF BAGDAD.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 29 May 1917, Page 7

HERO OF BAGDAD.

MILDEST-MANNERED MAN,

LOVES FIGHTING WITH HIS

WHOLE SOUL

“He is the mildest-mannered man who ever loved fighting with liTs whole soul. He is, like Sergeant Cassidy, V.C, a man of marvellous audacity, who nevertheless looks as though he would not hurt a fly. He is a tall, handsome man, whom you would notice in any company, though he is the last man ro elbow himself to the front. His manner is suave and gentle—and I should not describe him as unassuming, for that would give an incorrect impression —but he is not one of the pushing kind —until there is a chance of a fight. When he sees the chance of a fight he jmups at it. He docs not go bald-head-cd—he possesses the quality which makes the difference between a man of tremendous audacity and a gambler, he makes careful preparation beforehand, but when the fighting chance comes he takes it for all he is worth. He is the kind of general who is ready to risk, not merely his life, but his reputation, for the good of his country.”

In these words a friend of Lieuten-ant-General Sir Frederick Stanley Maude lately described the victor of Kut and Bagdad..