FOCH AND KING ALBERT
CONTROVERSY ARISES DEFENCE OP YSEB LINE. (United Press Association. —Copyright.) (Eeeeived 16th November, noon.) BKUSSELS, loth November. Belgian ex-Service men impressively marched past King Albert in celebration of tha Armistice anniversary. King Albert has sent a letter to Marshal Foch denying the latter's statement that it was King Albert's intention to order the Belgians to retire in November, 1914, if Marshal Foch had not intervened. He adds that the Belgian Army Order declared that whoever uttered the word "retreat" would be regarded as a traitor to the country. The Army, before Marshal Foch's visit, was ordered to maintain the Yser line at all cost* The staff, when the Belgians were hard pressed on 28th October, contemplated a retiremerit, which King Albert vetoed. While admitting that the necessary French assistance was. duo. to Marshal Foch's representations, King Albert concluded that the happy issue on the Yser line was due to the bravery and tenacity of the Belgians.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 119, 16 November 1926, Page 9
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160FOCH AND KING ALBERT Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 119, 16 November 1926, Page 9
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