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C H A PT ER VII.
GALLANTRY OF INDIAN TROOPS.
The following message was received by the Commander of. the -
Indian Corps from Field Marshal Sir John French, Commander-in-Chief,
in November, 1914:—
“Please congratulate your Indian troops on their gallant conduct
and express my gratitude to them."
The Corps Commander, under whose orders the first units to be
engaged had been temporarily placed, also sent a warm letter of
congratulation and thanks.
“They have shown a degree of adaptability which is extraordinary.
The development of the campaign ’.will show that the Indian troops
are as admirably Drained and disciplined as they have already proved
that they are courageous.”
French Praise of British and Indian Troops.
A French officer attached to the Indian troops, describing the
battle in Flanders in the “Temps,” emphasises the courage of the
British, as the official cdiiimhad possibly not allowed the
public properly to realize the difficulty of the British task, which was
to cheek the new German invasion between La Basse and Ypres.
They had to hold the trenches for several weeks against a more
numerous and desperate enemy. In many places the British lines
were so thin that obstinacy worthy of Waterloo was necessary to
prevent them from being pierced.
'Ihe trenches were surprised on several occasions, but a
counter-attack was immediately prepared and the trenches were
GALLANTRY OF INDIAN TROOPS.
The following message was received by the Commander of. the -
Indian Corps from Field Marshal Sir John French, Commander-in-Chief,
in November, 1914:—
“Please congratulate your Indian troops on their gallant conduct
and express my gratitude to them."
The Corps Commander, under whose orders the first units to be
engaged had been temporarily placed, also sent a warm letter of
congratulation and thanks.
“They have shown a degree of adaptability which is extraordinary.
The development of the campaign ’.will show that the Indian troops
are as admirably Drained and disciplined as they have already proved
that they are courageous.”
French Praise of British and Indian Troops.
A French officer attached to the Indian troops, describing the
battle in Flanders in the “Temps,” emphasises the courage of the
British, as the official cdiiimhad possibly not allowed the
public properly to realize the difficulty of the British task, which was
to cheek the new German invasion between La Basse and Ypres.
They had to hold the trenches for several weeks against a more
numerous and desperate enemy. In many places the British lines
were so thin that obstinacy worthy of Waterloo was necessary to
prevent them from being pierced.
'Ihe trenches were surprised on several occasions, but a
counter-attack was immediately prepared and the trenches were