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PROVINCE OF BEHAI! AND ORISSA.
were duly accepted; but before you reached France the Armistice
was signed and the War came to an end. Although you were thus
deprived of the opportunity of serving His Majesty the King-Emperor
on the battle-field, your visit to Europe was by no means wasted, for
you were taken over the British fighting areas in France and Belgium,
while at Portsmouth you were shown almost every type of ship in the
British navy. You also made extensive tours in great Britain in the
course of which you saw the ancient seats of learning at Oxford and
Cambridge and important manufacturing centres such as Sheffield,
Manchester, and Birmingham. You also had the honour of an interview
with Their Imperial Majesties.”
were duly accepted; but before you reached France the Armistice
was signed and the War came to an end. Although you were thus
deprived of the opportunity of serving His Majesty the King-Emperor
on the battle-field, your visit to Europe was by no means wasted, for
you were taken over the British fighting areas in France and Belgium,
while at Portsmouth you were shown almost every type of ship in the
British navy. You also made extensive tours in great Britain in the
course of which you saw the ancient seats of learning at Oxford and
Cambridge and important manufacturing centres such as Sheffield,
Manchester, and Birmingham. You also had the honour of an interview
with Their Imperial Majesties.”