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ALLIED UNITY EMPHASIZED

Command Of Men In Field CONTRAST WITH LAST WAR (British Official Wireless) (Received January 31, 6.30 p.m.) RUGBY, January 30. Various aspects of the Allied war effort were discussed by M. Maurois, one of the party of French war correspondents attached to the British Expeditionary Force now visiting England, in an interview with the Press in London today. He laid special emphasis on the unity of the two nations in the present conflict and the complete mutual confidence existing between the two commands. M. Maurois compared the present position, when the co-operation of the armed forces of both countries under a single supreme commander had been accepted as a natural and necessary measure with the difficulties over and opposition to this vital unification which arose in the last war. Today, M. Maurois said, one heard British troops referring to “our General Gamelin” and no trace

existed of the, sort of national pride which, by refusing ever to admit faults or limitations in the achievements or the capabilities of one’s own nation, often resulted in impaired efficiency of the Allied strength as a whole. M. Maurois particularly praised the training of such troops—members of the Tank Corps, flying schools, and so on—as he had visited during his present stay in England and pointed out the typically British way in which such training was carried out, emphasizing the weight given to practical demonstration rather than to theory.

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Southland Times, Issue 24039, 1 February 1940, Page 7

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ALLIED UNITY EMPHASIZED Southland Times, Issue 24039, 1 February 1940, Page 7

ALLIED UNITY EMPHASIZED Southland Times, Issue 24039, 1 February 1940, Page 7

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