KING’S TOUR
THIRD DAY ON WEST FRONT TROOP CONCENTRATION IN BRITISH ZONE. AIR FORCE OPERATIONS STUDIED. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright LONDON, December 6. Tim largest concentration of troops in the British zone since tin 1 outbreak of war began at dawn for the second day of lhe King’s tour on the Western Front. Field-Mar-shal Lord Gort and the Duke of Gloucester again accompanied His Majesty.
Thousands were assembled at the numerous points the King visited in the course of his 80-mile journey.
The sky was clear and seemed just the weather to tempt enemy aircraft into the sky and for this reason protective patrols circled overhead continually.
The King covered several miles on foot. He saw the operation room at a Royal Air Force aerodrome and studied the way the movements of hostile aircraft arc recorded. At the invitation of the commanding officer the King gave orders by telephone to a patrol of lighters, which were in the air within 30 seconds. He spoke to a number of pilots, including one 24 years old credited with bringing down the first German machine in France. “A jolly good show,” the King remarked. His Majesty lunched with several French, generals in an eighteenthcentury chateau where Napoleon slept and where Wellington had his headquarters.
A Daventry message last night stated that the King began his third day’s tour of the Western Front yesterday by receiving war correspondents with the British Expeditionary Force. Later the King set off in brilliant.sunshine to complete his tour and was accompanied by Lord Gort. Including yesterday’s programme the King will have travelled 250 miles of front line.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAITA19391208.2.50
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 December 1939, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
268KING’S TOUR Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 December 1939, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Wairarapa Times-Age. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in