BRITAIN'S PART.
PROTECTOR OF PARIS. LONDON, February 12. Mr Lloyd George's reference in his speech to Parliament to the great part the British Army is now playing in France, received much attention. The following was the text:— "Tlie British are holding the most important part of the line. I felt flattered at the Versailles Council when I realised this. The men of the Army which sprang into being in the course of two or three years have been entrusted by France with the defence of its capital, with the defence of the most vital parts of France —(cheers) —and of the ports nlong the coast. All these positions have been voluntarily handed over by France to the defence of the British Army, and France's demand was not that the British Army would take less but more responsibility. (Cheers.)
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 57, 23 February 1918, Page 5
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