BRITISH IN FRANCE
TROOPS MOVE UP TO POSITIONS PREPARATIONS FOR GOING INTO ACTION “YOU ENGLISH COME AS OLD FRIENDS” (Official Wireless) (Received Sept. 25, 11.0 a.m.) RUGBY, Sept. 24 According to an account by “Eye-witness,” which has been passed by the field censor and made available by the Ministry of Information, the British expeditionary force in France is still in the stage of moving up to positions and concentrating its forces preparatory to going into action. Along the roads between the coast and the area “somewhere in France” where the force is situated the army traffic moves along in a procession that is practically continuous. “Eye-witness” reports the most cordial relations between the British troops and the French people. “You English do not come as strangers as in 1914 but like old friends,” said one landlady. The new battle dress of the British Army is the object of curious interest.
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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20918, 25 September 1939, Page 7
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150BRITISH IN FRANCE Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20918, 25 September 1939, Page 7
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