STRICT DISCIPLINARIAN
(Rec. 10 p.m.) LONDON, Jan. 5. General Leese’s idea of a working day is to visit the troops at 8 a.m., carry through a programme until 6 p.m., and then extend visits until 11 p!m., after which he returns to headquarters to decide staff problems. Everything making for the soldier’s comfort, health and efficiency is sure of his attention. General Leese is a strict disciplinarian and makes most relentless demands on himself.
General Montgomery, in a statement, said: “I hand over the Eighth Army with complete and absolute confidence to the very experienced commander who has fought with us ever since El Alamein. I could not want to hand over to a better man—so the future of the Eighth Army is good.”
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25427, 7 January 1944, Page 3
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