FOCH THE VICTORIOUS.

Colonist, Volume LXI, Issue 15024, 19 March 1919, Page 4 (Supplement)

FOCH THE VICTORIOUS.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF NELSON'S

CONGR AT ULATIONS.

(From •■'The Colonist," March 18th.) In September last, when Marshal Foch was hammering the Germans into submission on the Western front, theNelson City Council despatched the following cablegram to the ■Generalissimo of the Allies:— "The Nelson City Council (New Zealand) desires to express congratulations to the forces of New Zealand, Australia, and the Allies on their brilliant achievements, during the past month, and in greatest confidence commits the future to their indomitable efforts. —G. A. Edmonds, Town Clerk." Yesterday the following acknowledgment of the cable was received.': — "Mr. Mayor,—You have been already advised of the despatch to Marshal Foch of the congratulatory address to him from the MuniciparCoTincil of "Nelson. The Marshal very greatly appreciates the

feelings which prompted the sending ot the message. He commands'me to' ex-

I press to you nnd also to your colleagues of the Municipal Council his sincere thanks. J bog you to accopt. Mr. Mnvor, liiv bi^st respects.—C. Pnpier, . Chief of Staff to Marslia'J Foch."