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The Paris correspondent of the London Times -gives an account of the census of the 1915 class of French recruits, which ended on November'3oth hist. This class coiisists of young men of nineteen years of age, whose training will begin before the,.year is out Tlrie censtiiS"' has proved very satin, factory. The class almost equal in numbers to that of.the year ■,before, which y.'iis exceptional, and the physical fonditioii of "the recruits is very good, many of them having done a good.-deal of unofficial training since the beginning, of mobilisation. Almost the whole of tlie olp.fs Avill be enrolled i?i the infantry.' "The fact that the cavalry Avill receive practically no recmits" sheds an interesting sidelight on the character of the war and the conclusions to which commanders have come about it." f

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Marlborough Express, Volume XLIX, Issue 22, 27 January 1915, Page 3

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Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 Marlborough Express, Volume XLIX, Issue 22, 27 January 1915, Page 3

Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 Marlborough Express, Volume XLIX, Issue 22, 27 January 1915, Page 3