THE BATTLE OF FRANCE

the wounded and men on leave back to England.
Collaboration with the French authorities is of the
very closest, since it is they who provide the
buildings, the railways, and the ports. In the old
French town where I spent a day when I came back
from England, a British General and a French
Admiral are showing magnificent team-work.

The General and the Admiral share barracks and
hospitals fraternally. In the kitchens of the Naval
Hospital the French sailors are entitled to one stove
and the English soldiers to the other. On the east
stove (the French side) there is a splutter of frying
potatoes: on the west stove (the English side) pie-
crust comes to the correct shade of golden brown.
French and British soldiers share the barrack-rooms.
The walls teach: 'Discipline^ Courage, Honneur,
Patrie* The walls of the staircases give you the
French for leaving the banisters to your superiors.
A universal verity. But on one of the doors, the
English have fixed an unedited notice: 'Ladies*
Room,' and behind it lies the hearth and home of
the young women in uniform*

The Post
The Major who receives and forwards mail for the
whole British army is a master of his job. It is
fascinating to watch his departments at work.
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