KING AT THE FRONT
'a strenuous week
TRIP COVERED HUNDREDS OF MILES.
(AUStItAMAN-NBW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.) LONDON, 14th August. The King has returned to London from a visit to the Western front.
(Received August 15, 8.30 a.m.)
LONDON, 14th August.
The King spent a strenuous week at the front, covering hundreds of. miles. He left London on the sth. Though his visit was not connected with the prospective offensive, he saw much of the operations. His Majesty visited the King of Belgium, Sir Douglas Haig, and General Foch, and decorated General Debcney with the K.C.B. He saw all the British Army Commanders, and inspected an enormous number of troops of all arms and the women's forces. He visited General Pershing and conferred many decorations on Americans. His Majesty spent Monday with the Fourth Army, and visited the hospitals and casualty clearing stations near the line.'
(Received August 15, 12.15 p.m.)
LONDON, 14th August. The King met President Poincare on Wednesday. Several sfiells fell in a village street shortly after the King had passed through, during his visit to the Second Army.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 40, 15 August 1918, Page 7
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181KING AT THE FRONT Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 40, 15 August 1918, Page 7
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