SCENES OF 1914 ARE RECALLED

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVII, Issue 21449, 13 September 1939, Page 8

SCENES OF 1914 ARE RECALLED

United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received September 12, 8.45 p.m.) LONDON, September 12. According to the “Daily Mail,” British troops have already participated in the advances in German territory. The transport of the British Expeditionary Force occupied several days. It was carried out in great secrecy and without mishap. The troops received a tremendous ovation in France, recalling 1914 scenes. The Paris correspondent of the “Daily Mail” says that men and women wept with joy al the sight of the soldiers marching with a swinging stride along the cobbled streets, and cried, “Voila Les Tommies, Voila Les Anglais.” Once again history repeated itself. Troops sang “Old Faithful” and “Tipperary,” the echoes of which were caught up by throngs hurrying and half running beside the marching columns singing the refrain in a broken jingle, half English and half French. Laughing and chattering girls sought souvenirs. All the famous scenes when the Old Contemptibles landed in France were re-enacted.