[The Great War As I Saw It by Frederick George Scott]@TWC D-Link bookThe Great War As I Saw It CHAPTER VI 71/75
Of course you can't." He was one of the first to be taken off in the ambulance, and I do not know whether he is alive or dead.
Our Canadians still held on with grim determination, and they deserved the tribute which Marshal Foch has paid them of saving the day at Ypres. When they came out of the line, and I was living once again among them, going from battalion to battalion, it was most amusing to hear them tell of all their adventures during the great attack.
The English newspapers reached us and they were loud in their praise of "the gallant Canadians." The King, General Joffre, and Sir Robert Borden, sent messages to our troops.
One man said, amid the laughter of his comrades, "All I can remember, Sir, was that I was in a blooming old funk for about three days and three nights and now I am told I am a hero.
Isn't that fine ?" Certainly they deserved all the praise they got.
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