BRITISH HEROES.
(Austr.n*.--. and "._*"'. 7. -'.Cable "Association.)' AMSTERDAM; Dec'-mber 31. ' A "nt-nber' of' 'British officers aiidnon-' commfesione : d offiCet. iak'en ■■prisoner- in the Heligoland' fight 'have arrived from Germany ; ' 'also a ' large" •- party of the men of Moris. "The; lattel--" reedvfed a "rapturous reception from the /Hollanders. The Allied • Ainha__ador6 read ' the King's me__age^ arid other welcomes yoicin"g. t l he; , "!thanks.'"*of .Vthe "Allies 'for the 'self -sacrifice of the' sadly-thihned rearguaras which enabled .'the Franco-British armies to reach t'he MarneV ' **.-'' The released men anxiously asked how the war was really V going, V'aifd V said : "Tell the*:people-Vat Home their parcels saved hs.- The food proyided by the Germans was -very bad." ' The qharrters for the released men include recreation grounds, clubs-, hospi tals and workshops. -.'■' ' v-j,, i , ;. £-■•>' , .
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14492, 2 January 1918, Page 3
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