THE DELIVERANCE OF LES QUESNOY.

Taranaki Daily News, 28 November 1918, Page 7

THE DELIVERANCE OF LES QUESNOY.

i.TBW ZEAL4HDERS HONORED.: ; i J ICTURESQyST~JEREJioM;; • ; (From the Offii-iaiWai" Coifesp<ttidiefiii ! Captain MalSohn ftoifs.)'" The civic aurhorifcilsao? :.Les iftvigsrioy. haya presented tfc&'ptpalbil Brigade with the ftr&t Grande Place 'after, the entryof, Zealaiiders into town, p,8.})., nwiiienlo of their deliverance. ibyr'ijjig; vftlUtft '.soldiers of his brigade, : geii*-. eral has handed to cpiin' 1 cillors a New Zfa\aij£. flag!,.' fr: picturesque cr.remonj r .'fjt! tion, which toofcvplMeJn.the v hMl 'of' ttfe town, which ha:d ; suffered Wm''stteß : fire during tile battle,' Tlie ; general jpt he wished to this , flag ti). >jom» memorate the I!bera;Jio£ of the as a mark of tfiti Ntfw' Zealanders'; iip>. ttreeiation of -tHSJr' courage, loyalty |and endurance tb'ciugliout the whole period of the war, : ~

At the conclusion 1 of 'his address, the Mayor embraced and kissed the flag, amid the cheers of those assembled. In returning thanks, the Mayor said the Coune*l, at its meeting the previous day,, had already taken the initial steps to have the New Zealand fern leaf badge included in the coat of arms, of the town, and to. have one of the principal Streets named (iter New Zealand. The general has also asked the Council to accept f j(,m the New Zealand Division three German guns captured during the battle of. Les Quesnoy,