INFANTRY’S ROLE
IMPORTANCE STRESSED The importance of the infantry soldiers was emphasised by MajorGeneral Sir John Brown, Deputy Director-General of the British Territorial Army, in a recent speech. “The tendency today, reasonably enough, is to give prominence to the anti-aircraft defence of great cities, or the defence of our naval harbours,” he said. “It is a great thing that such responsibilities should have been laid with confidence on the shoulders of the Territorial Army. But never was there less cause to forget the infantryman. Not today fighting in serried lines, but in little groups, infantry still commands the battlefield. Infantry tactics of today demand in the highest degree personal initiative, courage and skill.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 April 1938, Page 2
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113INFANTRY’S ROLE Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 April 1938, Page 2
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