THE BATTLE OF FRANCE

Russia, where the Germans are building a kind of
Siegfried Line. And he contrasted this with the
complete camaraderie that exists between the French
and British armies.

*I am trying/ he said, 'to create opportunities for
the two armies to meet one another. Neighbouring
units are already exchanging visits, our lancers and
your cuirassiers, for instance* It's a very good
thing. . . .*

The cigarette he had given me had burned
down to my fingers and I was looking round for an
ash-tray.

'Throw it on the floor,' he said.

In the Line
When you come to a cantonment, you know
immediately whether the battalion occupying it is
well or ill commanded. If it is well commanded the
men in the streets give you a franker salute: the
sentries move more vigorously: the placards in front
of battalion headquarters or the stores are better
painted: the cars better kept: air-raid precautions
more thorough.- When we reached the village of
O------, we knew at once, Duncan and I, that it was
a fine regiment that occupied it and our journey up
to the lines confirmed the correctness of this first
impression.