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HAIG'S WAR DIARIES

CRUCIAL BATTLE AT LE CATEAU OFFERS TO HELP UNHEARD .•• \ . ... • . ' [Copyright to tho New Zealand Herald! In to-day's instalment Haig's diaries continue the story of the terrible retreat from Mons. While his First Corps had to fight hard and to march far, until it seemed the limit of human endurance had been reached, Smith-Dorrien s Second Corps on Haig's left was being subjected by the powerful German right wing to an even more severe ordeal. Because he could march no further, Smith-Dorrien turned and gave battle at Le Cateau. Haig, in much better shape, twice offered support, but no repljfc was received and he continued his orderly retirement.

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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22192, 20 August 1935, Page 16

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HAIG'S WAR DIARIES New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22192, 20 August 1935, Page 16

HAIG'S WAR DIARIES New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22192, 20 August 1935, Page 16