COURAGEOUS JOFFRE
WATCHED LEG BEING AMPUTATED MARSHAL MAKING WONDERFUL . FIGHT; . .. ’ (U.P.A. by Elec. Tel. Conyrighri PARIS, Dec. 30. It is revealed that Marshal Joffre was given only a local anaesthetic and watched the amputation of his' leg without showing tho slightest emotion’ The latest bulletin states that lie retains consciousness and has taken a litle nourishment. He bore unfatigued the dressing of the wound.
M. Briand, on leaving-the nursing home, said slowly and emotionally : ‘‘The marshal has remained, as he always was during the war, admirable in resistance and courage.” Tho doctors express the opinion that Marshal Joffre is making a fight for life rare in medical annals.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 11403, 2 January 1931, Page 6
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