FRANCE.
GENERALS FOCH AND PETAIN DECORATED. THE PRESIDENT'S TRIBUTE. Received Aug. 26, 2.10 p.m. Paris, Ang. 24. President Poincare, accompanied by M. Clemenceau, Prime Minister, visited General Petain's headquarters and decorated him with the Military Medal, and subsequently visited General Foch'sheadquarters and presented General Poch with a marshal's baton in the presence of the Allies' military representatives. President Poincare declared: "By wise and successful operations, combined with surprise, the enemy has been defeated on the Maine, the Aisne, the Avre, the Somme, and the Oiae. You have broken the enemy's offensive, disconcerted his plans, exhausted his reserves, captured en masse his men, guns, machine-guns, and munitions. Glory to you, Monsieur le Marechal, and all the armies you command!" —Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.
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Taranaki Daily News, 27 August 1918, Page 5
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122FRANCE. Taranaki Daily News, 27 August 1918, Page 5
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