DETERMINED AND SURE.
FRANCE AND VICTORY. f TIME DOES NOT MATTER. CASTELNAU'S CONFIDENCE. NEW YORK, December 28. Interviewed by an American correspondent at Athens, General de Castelnau said tho situation at Salonika Was excellent. He had rarely seen a position that lent itself better to defence. It also provided most favourable conditions for the offensive.
Asked whether the allied forces contemplated an offensive from Salonika in the spring, General Castelnau replied: "The spring will tell. It is impossible to discount the exigencies of the military situation so far ahead. Should we decide upon an offensive from Salonika, it will be under peculiarly favourable conditions." "
Asked how soon the war would be finished, General de Castelnau replied:' "That does not matter. The material thing is victory. That is certain sooner or later. In France every Frenchman and Frenchwoman is ready to go the whole way for complete triumph. There will be no weakening. France is not only determined —France is sure."
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 309, 29 December 1915, Page 5
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