MARSHAL JOFFRE.
FORTITUDE IN ILLNESS. GALLANT FIGHT FOR LIFE. PARIS, Dec. 30. It is revealed that Marshal JofTre, who is critically ill, suffering from arthritis, was given only a local anaesthetic ajid that ho watched the amputation of his lag without showing the slightest emotion.
The latest bulletin states that ho retains consciousness and has taken a little nourishment. He bore without fatigue the dressing of the wound. M. Briand, the French Foreign Secretary, on leaving the nursing home, said slowly and emotionally: "The Marshal has remained as ho always was during tho war, admirable in resistance and courage." The doctors in attendance express the opinion that Marshal Joffre is making a fight for lifo such as is rare in medical annals.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20761, 2 January 1931, Page 10
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