GENERAL WAVELL
LAST-MINUTE VISIT TO
SINGAPORE
INJURED ON FLIGHT
LONDON, February 26
tt has been revealed in Washington that General Wavell was in Singapore during the last '36 hours that the island was in British hands. As he was leaving, his plane had a mishap, and General Wavell broke a rib, but it is known in London that his injury did not involve him in the loss of even one hour's duty.
Mr. H. L. Stimson, the United States Secretary of War, who gave the news of General Wavell's last-minute presence in Singapore, described the General as a man who had shown himself worthy of the -character of the troops he commands. ,
The General had visited all the British positions at great personal risk.
Mr. Stimson also revealed that when General Wavell first took over his south-west Pacific Command he cabled General Mac Arthur offering to go to Batan at his own risk. General Mac Arthur did not let him, because, said Mr. Stimson, his life was too precious,
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 49, 27 February 1942, Page 5
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