SENSATIONAL CHARGE.
ALLEGATION AGAINST CANADIAN COMMANDER, By Telegraph—Presa Association—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cablo Association. (Received June 19, 12.15 a.m.) OTTAWA, June 17. In the House of Commons, General Sir Sam Hughes, former Minister of Defence, declared that a British general kicked General Sir Arthur Currie, commanding a Canadian division in France, out of a dugout near Ypres. General Hughes said that if ho had remained Minister a few weeks longer the resignation of General Currio would have been demanded. Brigadier-General William Griesbach. commanding tho Forty-ninth Canadian Battalion during the war, defended General 'dime's conduct while commander of the Canadian Division.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVIII, Issue 18439, 19 June 1920, Page 9
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100SENSATIONAL CHARGE. Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVIII, Issue 18439, 19 June 1920, Page 9
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