DISABLED WARRIORS

Waikato Times, Volume 104, Issue 17503, 10 September 1928, Page 7

DISABLED WARRIORS

TOUR OF BELGIUM. WARM WELCOME EVERYWHERE. PELTED WITH FLOWERS. (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Times Cable.) (Rcc. September 10,' 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, September 9. The correspondent of the Times states that the 48 Britishers, (disabled ex-service men), who are visiting Belgium are being warmly welcomed throughout the country. The motorcars in which they are travelling are being; pelted with (lowers and th ■ routes are heflaggnl. Civic receptions and entertainments are held everywhere, and detachments of troops arc always present Ho accord honours 1 , while the hands play “ God Save the King." They were especially cordially greeted at Motts, the people proving' that they had not forgotten that the British lirst fought there in 1914 and re-entered on the last day of the war. The disabled men placed a wreath on the monument at the Gross Roads, the scene of the first Anglo-German fighting, and visited the cemetery where 223 officers and 391 men arc huricii. The Burgomaster, in welcoming them at the Town Hall, said: "We have received many British, but to-day we greet with the most tender emotions, men who have given of their flesh and blood for justice.” He read out the names of six disabled survivors of Mens who stepped out of thc ranks and sign 1 the "gold hooks ” of the city.