Plucky French General.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 6303, 2 October 1915, Page 3

Plucky French General.

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Paris, Oct 1

Calmly puffing his pipe like a company commander* General Marchand placed himself at the head of a column in the advauce between Perthes and Sousu. A picture was given by a wounded private iv the Colonial infantry, who was alongside General Marchand when he was wounded. He says tha1! the Generals bra ye r y is a lesend. with the whole division. When the order to advance was given on Saturday General Ma.ichand arrived amid a hail of bullets and made a short speech, which wns inaudible, owing to the roar of the guns. Our Colouial Division, with a Moroccan Division, a Brigade of Zouaves, and a Brigade of the Foreign Legion formed in the first stages of tho war, launched an attack against the trenches. They covered 150 yards through a perfect hell of shot and shell. They had just reached the first Boche trench when General Marchand dropped, being struck by a shell splinter in the abdomen. The stretcher bearers picked him up and convoyed him to tho hospital at Suippes, where he is doing well. It is believed that his cure will only be s question of time.