BY PEACE TO VICTORY.
SIR DOUGLAS HAIG'S TESTIMONY. TO WONDERFUL BRITISH ARMIES. THE FIELD-MARSHAL'S RECEPTION. A STIRRING SCENE. LONDON, Doc. 21. The scenes at Dover and London recalled the most stirring episodes In' British history, the most recent being' Lord Kitchener's welcome after Khartoum and Lord Roberts' reception after the South African War. Sir Douglas Haig travelled from Boulogne to Dover in the hospital ship Jan Breydel, and was standing an the bridge with other generals when the vessel was sighted. All the craft in the harbour manned ship along the two miles of the route into the harbour. The railway station was lined with soldiers, sailors and cadets. Replying to an address at Dover, Sir Douglas Haig spoke with deep feeling regarding the gratitude and admiration which the nation entertains for the wonderful men whoso unequalled courage and endurance had brought us by victory to peace.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XII, Issue 1153, 24 December 1918, Page 5
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