BRITISH VALOUR

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18549, 9 May 1922, Page 8

BRITISH VALOUR

MARSHAL FOCH’S TRIBUTE. Marshal Foch took the occasion of the wedding of Princess Alary to reiterate the admiration felt by him for the work done by the armies of the King: “It, is always with the deepest emotion, he has stated, to the Matin, “that I recall the hours, when shoulder to shoulder, with hearts united the soldiers of Great Britain fought on our soil against the common enemy.” He adds: “I cannot have a better occasion than to-’day to affirm my feelings of admiration and affection for tho armies of his Britannic Majesty. ■ I have seen Princess Mery’s heroic compatriots struggling with savage determination and with the cool enthusiasm of their race. I paid a tribute to their intrepidity at Ypres after the great German offensives, .’and I could not find sufficient praise or eulogy to describe their dash, their irresistible courage, and their pluck, whether at the second battle of Ypres in 1915 or at the Somme in 1916. “Edward VII, who saw the German danger, was a figure of inspiration to me, and was it not no .who wished to impose peace first hv conciliation and then by the force of democracy harnessed to the service of right? It is at the moment when England is doing honour to her Royal namily that we should again live through these tragic moments of history. France and Groat Britain sealed there. ip the generous blocid of their sons a union to which differences and polemics will never impart the fragility of a scrap of paper.” The Matin, commenting on Marshal Foch’s declaration, states: “The homage of the Generalissimo of the Allied Armies to British heroism constitutes a rare garland of French roses, worthy of Viscountess L/ascellbs, daughter of England.’.’

. The following are some British examples I of victory over disabilities due to the war. >One man has driven 30,000 miles since he lost an arm above the elbow and a leg above the knee, and does' not find any difficulty in driving. A man whoso uses a light metal leg can now walk five or six > miles with great, ease, ride a motor cycle and push bicycle, and drive a car, or practically any thing one could do with two sound legs. A. 8.8. (who has lost both legs just above the knee) has driven horses and ponies for several thousand miles. He has driven hand-controlled motor cars for 100,000 miles, and plays Badminton and tennis. IBs work entails travelling over England and the U.S.A. The approximate number of men who lost one or mc*e limbs in the great war is as follows :r-One leg, 29,550; one arm. 11,500; both legs, 950; both arms 50—41,050. I Mrs Scarsdale: “Then you are sure you I want a divorce?” Mr S.; “Absolutely.” ■ Mrs S.: “All right. You takte the children, 1 I’ll take the oar.”