Behind the lines the troops wore about to rehearse an important attack and were being addressed by the general. “ There are,” he began. “ certain essential differences between a rehearsal and the real thing. In the first place there is the absence of the enemy. In the second. . . The general turned to the sergeant-major. “ Tell jthe. men the second essential difference,’’he said. “The presence of the general.'’ remarked the sergeant-major promptly.
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Evening Star, Issue 23500, 14 February 1940, Page 11
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