A KITCHENER STORY.
Here is another Kitchener story. He was recently watching some new. troops being manoeuvred, and the colonel in charge succeeded in getting his men mixed up pretty thoroughly. However, he went grimly oh. and at last, calling a halt, rode up to Lord Kitchener with an air of importance. " I flatter myself that was extremely well done, sir," he said, evldenly with the idea of trying to bluff that nothing had gone wrong. Oh, excellent," was Lord Kitchener's suave reply. " But may I ask what on earth you vera trying to do!"
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16300, 5 August 1916, Page 4 (Supplement)
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