FRENCH TRANSPORT SYSTEM'S SUPERIORITY
MOTOR PROVES MORE USEFUL THAN TRAIN.
VERDUN'S DEFENDER CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS.
! (Received 11.10 a.m.)
PARIS, March 15. The French parliamentary delegation has returned from Verdun impressed with the difference between French and Gcpman transport systems. The Germans during the last few months built eleven strategic railways behind the "Verdun front. The French relied on a single railway aided by "enormous motor transport. This worked faultlessly and proved vastly superior owine to its flexibility. The delegates were profoundly impressed with the defenders' confidence at.their ability to keep the enemy at bay. General Petain's last words were:— "A load is off my mind. I am certain of final success."
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 65, 16 March 1916, Page 5
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