AN ECHO OF KUT.
WHY TOWNSHEND RESIGNED. By Telegraph.— Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Nov. 1, 12.35 a.m. London, Oct. 31. Major-General Townshend will be a candidate for Parliament as an independent and a champion of unemployed ex-servicemen. General Townshend, in an article in the National News, narrates that among his reasons for leaving the army was tfie fact tint f,-,rty uiiicers junior to hur. as Major-Owe-Yl were p,-nnote! over his head. Tlic !>;i,k of them had never held an induoervlt-nt- command in the field, or, like himself, hid been compelled to take the. oll'ensive :n addition, with inadequate forces and against their judgment, particularly in the advance on Bagdad. Lord Ivitehener recommended promotion as n reward and encouragement during the defence of Kut, but this was .ultimately refused. He quotes General Nixon's and Sir Percy Lake'* tributes to his ser-vices.—Aus.-if.Z. Cabin Assn,
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Taranaki Daily News, 1 November 1920, Page 5
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141AN ECHO OF KUT. Taranaki Daily News, 1 November 1920, Page 5
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