KING IN FRANCE
VISIT TO FRONT-LINE POSITIONS SURVEY OF POTENTIAL BATTLci- lELD. RECEIVED WITH ENTHUSIASM BY TROOPS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. LONDON. December 5. The King spent eight hours with his armies in France. He visited frontline positions, accompanied by FieldMarsha] Lord Gort, the Duke of Gloucester, and other high officers, and reviewed a Highland battalion a quarter of a mile behind the barbed wire, standing on top of a pillbox in order to survey the potential battlefield and hear a full explanation of future tactics. The King passed through miles of troops drawn up on the muddy roadsides. His movements could be traced by the rolling bursts of cheers which marked his progress in the Royal car. Knots of French civilians lined the streets of the towns and villages through which the party returned to General Headquarters. Their Majesties are sending Christmas cards to all members of the Army and Air Force in France. BITTER COLD SECOND DAY OF ROYAL TOUR. (Received This Day, 9.5 a.m.) LONDON, December 6. The United Press correspondent with the British expeditionary force says: “In bitter cold his Majesty the King made an early start on the second day of his tour. He was surprised to find less mud than he expected and smilingly asked an aide: ‘Shouldn’t I be muddier?’ ” An official camera man is accompanying his Majesty everywhere, and a complete film of the tour will be released for public exhibition.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 December 1939, Page 7
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