ROUND INDIA
REMARKABLE TOUR BY BIRDWOOD SOLDIERS’ GRIEF AT DEPARTURE (United Press Association.— By Electric Telegraph. —Copyright.) (“Times" Cables.) (Rec. November 27, 7.45 p.m.) London, November 26. The “Times’ ” correspondent at Delhi states that the Commander-in-Chief (Field Marshal Sir William Birdwood) left Karapur to-day, embarking on the last stage of a remarkable tour of inspection. He began at the Northwest Frontier, and covered Central and Southern India. He is now going to the Andamans, thence to Calcutta, and back to Delhi. A feature of the tour has been personal interviews with Indian soldiers of all ranks, who are grieved at losing their beloved chief. Sir William Birdwood’s example and faculty for remembering his humblest comrades in many campaigns have captured the imagination of the troops more than any leader since their own frontier chief, Lord Roberts.
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Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 55, 28 November 1929, Page 11
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136ROUND INDIA Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 55, 28 November 1929, Page 11
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