Excerpt from A Hilltop on the Marne: Being Letters Written, June 3 September 8, 1914The author wishes to apologize for the constant use of the word English in speak ing of the British Expedition to France. At the beginning of the war this was a colloquial error into which we all fell over here, even the French press. Everything in khaki was spoken of as English, even though we knew perfectly well that Scotch, Irish, and Welsh were equally well...
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