THE BRITISH SPIRIT.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 June 1916, Page 7

THE BRITISH SPIRIT.

FKEXCH iPRAISE. 'Paris, May 10. The military article in the Temps today speaks in praise of the British soldier:., and says that Tommy is one of the bravest soldiers in the world. All he needed was to be officered. (ireat Britain found the officers and trained them. The equipment and organisation of her Army, both at the front and behind the lines, are marvellous.' Great Britain follows with emotion the struggle of the French soldiers engaged before Verdun, and an eminent Englishman recently wrote: "It is annoying that we are not fighting wlien our Allies are engaged in such a hard tussle. But our turn will come later." One is astonished sometimes to see these men, who, side by side with us, defend the liberty of nations, amuse themselves in rest camps, and even in the trenches, with exercises and sports. The English play football between the lines. It is a question of temperament. Our sol-., diers joke and make rings adorned with buttons which decorated the tunics of the Prussian Guard. These pastimes keep up our moral confidence, and our enemies may expect to see before long that the entire forces of their adversaries are not concentrated before Verdun.