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TIIE GIIARLOTTETIIWII» Gllllllllllli

Morning Daily (Founded in i887)

Pruident: Lieut. CoL W. Chester S. Mel-tire Vice-President: J. B. Burnett. FJJ. Secretary: Lleut. Col. l). A. Mmlflnnnn, 0.8.0. liditor 11nd Managing Director: J. B. Burnett. IJ-l. Associate Editors: l-rank Walker and Llent. Inn A Burnett, B.U.N.V.B. I011 Active Service)

‘The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink."

THURSDAY, JAN. 20, 1944

Archdeacon Scott

"So I10 [HISJUJ ot-cr, 11nd the Trumpet: round- ed for him ou the 01/101’ r1110." —f'11.u1u.\1's Pkouxess,

'1'11\1'101x11151>1' 1110 l"i1s1 \\'orld \\"21r 1110 lute .\1".‘l11l01101111 $0011 1111s 51111101111111; n1or0 111.211 1110 50111111 L'l1;11\'u 111' tl10 1st C111111diz1u Divis- itnt. 110 was regarded \1"itl1 1111 ztffcctioit 111111 10110111111111 1111111111111111; to 110111 11"1L1"sl1ip._ .\n1l 111010 111110 110111 i011 l101"1i0> 1111110 1lt‘>er\"u1g 0i llll\ lttuiutgp, 11y precept 111111 cxzuuplc 110 in‘- 011l011t0d the 1111111-0-1 111x115 111' Christian 0011111101, 1.1.11 1"0011110il01l 11111-0 11101115 perfectly 111111 tl10 duties of 11 511111101 111 111110 111' 11111‘. 'l'l1o.~0 who “gre 11111111011011 1~1 11111111 Archdeacon Scott in this 1111111 01111111111 111111 111111 meant pr110ii0111ly 011-11 1111.11 .1.- ".'1.~ ("iaglizui C1>rt15--11"011s111"0 111C 0x111"ri1"1100 11. uuiietliiuq 1111§t|111_~ 111111 priceless.

'l'l11~ 51111105 111111111 11111 1110 1001011. l'v-\‘°1'." 111111011" 111111 11111111111111 1_111tl 11110. for he was 111 11111110 1v11l1 0v0rv 111111 11nd 111111 n11 cxtraordiuai"; 1~;_],;1¢ily for gL-lllllq 111111111 11111111113 1110 111011. H0 would 111111 111: 111 1110 1|1100r0st t1lu00s-usuall_\" 11l101"e there \\ll\ danger, or 11 maximum oi |1j_.¢Qn1ft1rt and 11010110111; and his presence was like a rav 01' 511115111110 111 a blackout. lle was rhe- despair 111' 10111110111111 001111111111110115 who felt more 111 10s, 10-111111511110 for hi5 5211011‘, 1'01‘ 110 seemed 111 l111v0 11111 111C 5111111051 concern about the matter 11 011'. 111011011 it 1111s against or- tlers for 111111 111 11c iu the firing 11110, his prac- twe was to 110011 .15 111150 1o it as he 01111111. U11 111111171‘ 110011511111. 110 1011 >1101cl101" parties 11111101‘ fire. ,\t (-110 111110 he 1111s so close lo 1110 front liue that a group 111' 11011111111 soldiers who had lvrcn s11r1o1u1d0d 0111110 up and s111"1e11d01"0d l0 him. \\'h1~n iinallv, at 1110 battle of the Canal 1111 .\'111-1l in 5011101111101", 1918, 110 1111s severely 1111111111011 11v :1 511011 which exploded beside 111111, tl"10 1401101111 feeling 1v:1s one of surprise tl1at he had escaped so 11mg. llis gallant bearing on 111111 occasion. 111111 hi5 Christian fortitude and cl10e1"fulue55 11111101‘ 1111111112111}; pain and dis- comfort. \\"01"0 an iuspiratioit to everyone.

Archdeacon Scott visited Prince Iidward Is- land nu 1111110 than one occasion after the las: 11111, 011011 111110 receiving a royal welcome from hi5 old 001111110105 111 arms. and enjoying 1111115011 inun01150l_v in their company. lle seemed un- touched by the years. llut ihe years, 0v011 then, ha11 taken lllCll‘ 1011. Now, at eighty-three, he 11.15 17R>§9Cl to his great reward.

Student

Nurses

An increase of 1,800 student nurses is shown in 01110111101115 at various schools of nursing 1101055 Canada since the out-break of war, yet 11111111‘ tleitianrls for nurses still cannot be met, 110001111111 10 a sttitetnent issued by 3115s Marion lmdclsurgh, president of the Canadian Nurses’ Association.

The national registration of nurses, held in March. 1043, r0vealed that 1v11ile 2o per cent more nurses are now e111plo_v0<1 in 110511111115 1l11"0u_el1011t Canada than in 1939, the 1101111111115 for nursing service in civilian hospitals have exceeded this increase.

“To meet growing demands for utirsiug 50r- vice has been one of the challenges offered to tl1e Canadian Nurses’ .\5=11ci:1tlon 511100 the out- break of 11111." 11001111011 Bliss Liurlcburgh.

.\l1ss Liutleburgli said that with the Domin- ion grant given to the (INA since I942 the as- sociation has iuiztncetl I28 bursaries fol" post- graduate work by 11111505 in 1943, in addition to 51111111111111}; 11111111" other activities which have done much to stabilize inirsing service in Can- ada. '1'!10se 1101101111115: from 111050 awards come from all parts of the 1301111111011. .\s a result, the 01111111110111 11f 11111505 111 1111111013511105 in 19.13 is i110 largest 10011111011 111 Cimadzt.

(111101 activitits supported 11v Government 11111111. 1110111110 1110 work (If 1110 National Adviser, t".\':\. .1s=is‘.1.';",00 to schools of uttrsiug in 110s- prtltls zuvl 11111101251110: and to 111111110 health or- _1_':1u1zr1111'1115 1o 11~<1=1 i11 training an 111010115011 11111111101 11f st111l0111-.

'l'l1is r0111" the (1111111111111 .\'111"505' Association l-as 11111.11: 11111115 1111111111151 $4.801) m 35951 "rfl-Scs iu pretruiiig 111011150110- :15 t0:10l101"5. 511p01"vi5or5, -'1111111111-‘.:'1111-1= 1111_1l 111111110 110111111 11111505 111111 for

'2" 51110.1 111-111.,

-\l1111"1;x11111110l_\" .2000 11111505 are serving the lrmerl 1111005, 111.1111" 111111: simificd tlzeir willing- ncss tn rtnsu-cr further 011115. and there is 11o flvilrlll of nurses volunteering for 010150111501"- 1100, .\li~.~. 1.111110111111111 s."1i1l.

The Rescue

'l'l11~ 1111111111». 1111 top-y 11110 1111,35 :111u1111uc0rl by Agriculture 1111115101 diner 111110 1110111 115 1m 1111111001111-111 t'1-1 111 gvucral i111p1"01"1-111011t in 01111111111111 111111111. 'l'l10 51110 way for hug p111- 11110015 to 107.1111 111011" huge British 111ark0t i5 11y sl1111d1111liziug on 111111111)’ 111111 11111111111111111): 0011- |'u11i1v of 51111111)‘. 11111. 111-11115 out the (110110 111111 Mail. 1111' 11011‘ 11111111511» 1111 not 1111501110 the 111055 from 11111011 it i~ 111111011 they will rescue the l"0d- 01:11 llovertiuirut. 1\1u1. imhappilv for Britain 111111 the home market. there is no guarrultce that they can repair the 112111111910 resulting from .\lr. ('111|'1l1110t"'s jttgglltig, 11111011 105s produce the 50 11111111111 rxtra 11111111115 110 111111" is offering Byi. tam.

lu 1101111101. 11111111111 11111111110 and for reasons still llllsblllilllltil. .\1r. (iurdiucr 5111511011 the 131i- li~h 01111111101 11v 1.‘; 11111111111 11111111115 .1 310111341X. i r 11 111111111 of 45o uiilliuu 11111111115. ‘liasteru . 101.. forcrtl tu 1111111111 f001l 1100111150 of local .-1.1ut11q1s. fuuurl prices 11111101 the new contract 11141111111111110. 11111 1110 1111115101" also kicked the 111111-5 or"! 1111111 11111101 W0. 0111 110g prorlttrtiou 1"’ 1111111‘: 1'1~~.-.1 11111111 11:‘ l1 11:15 1111110 pitihlnble for ptauie 1111111015 to export 111011"

Bonuses To

grain than to r35: pigs. Ar a further induce- ment to mass liquidation Mr. Gardiner removed the restrictions on domestic slaughtering.

By December the resulting confusion had reached the proportions of a crisis. Farmer; east and west, were quitting 111e 110g business u: fast as they could market their stock, Pigs were “being knocked on the head” at birth. More alarming was the (lfLSEIUClIOIi of breed stock. Brood sows were being dumptd so rapidly that experts in the trade calculated that Canada would be in default on the reduced British 0on- tract by I945. But most damaging was the fact that the British were forced into the position of having to cut their scanty bacon ration from four ounces a week to three.

Mr. Gardinefs only explanation for his policy of scarcity was to blame the British. First, he mmounced that Canada could not possibly main- tain production at present levels when the British "mav not require our bacon after the 11x11. Later he explained that he had acted solely on _"the advice representatives of the British Iilmistry of Agriculture have given farm organizations." Speaking to the Dominion-Pro- vincial agricultural conference a few days later. British Food I\Ii:1st0r john Llmvellin urged that we 11111i11tain our peak 51111211101225 2i 625 million pounds a year.

Significantly, the order authorizing the qual- itv bonuses states that 1110 assistance is being given 1o boost o11r 131111511 exports bevoud tl1e level to which .\l1'. Gardiner cut 1110111, and “for 1110 11111111150 01' maiittaiuiug the |)l‘(‘5(‘l]l four- 0111100 ration." Thus quantity and notuuality is given the immediate emphasis. 1t is a serious shortage of bacon which must be overcoiue, and that slmriage has been entirely Governmer/ created.

- EDITORIAL NOTES —

Late nights and daylight saving r10 11ot tvork out satisfactorily. Mothers cannot 110 out at tilt 1101115 of the night and get up in time for daylight saving brcakfasls.

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Lord Mottistone, Vice-Ptcsideiit of the X11- tional Savings .\lov0u1ent in Britain, (lisclosetl that 1l1e “\\'iugs for Victory" idea came from the Queen, and 11nd raised i6I6,o0o,0o0 ($3,- 73510401000) _ _.

.\lr. G. O. Gttguoti 1111s 10511511001 as l<'r0uc11'

provincial secretary of the CCI‘, d0cl:11i11g l1: now sees matters difierentlv than 110 did at his first contact with the CCF. Recent “0v0nts" prompted him to leave the party, .\lr. Gaguou stated, adding that he is steppitig out of politics.

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Mr, Harry Brown, of the Queen 110101. who is a Winnipegger by birth, reminds 11s that it was a man named Buffalo 51111111 who origin- ully acquired the only herd of buffalos 111 C1111- ada from the Warden of Sfoney Blountain Penitentiary and trekked them down t0 1\lou- tana. There was considerable indignation at the time that the Government should have p01- mitted such an outrage, and an agitation for restoration simmered for years. until the Gov- ernment felt it i110un1be11t to heed it, and to b11y back from lfontana a herd of the descendants of the original buffalo emigranls to the States.

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Ilere is the chance for a trip overseas foi" some of our farmers to see l1o\v farming i5 done tbere. It will be recalled Premier Lea enjoyed such a trip in his day. “Britain can not be starved out u} v no matter what the enemy may do," Lord lle La \\"arr, chairntan of the Agriculture K050111011 Committee 01' Great Britain, said in an address in Vancouver. I11- creaserl farm production in Britain has been one of the marvels of the war, he said, having been raised from 11 position where in I939 it 1111s only sttfficicnt to supply 45 per cent of 1110 country's needs till today it produces 70 p01 00111. Lord De La Warr said he is trying to organize a group of Canadian farmers to pay a visit to Britain during the war in order to s00 for themselves what their brother farmers over-

seas are doing. . i I I

I A Prices Board order just issued adds fresh and frozen co steaks, haddock, 5010s or floun- 11015, and fresh and frozen pollock fillets to the list of Atlantic coast fi5l1 for which ceilings have been fixed. The other, effective immedi- ately, sets the maximum 1111005 at 111111011 the fish may be sold by the processor to a wholesaler. a combination wholesaler, or a retailer, and speci- 1105 the maxiiuum markup permitted o11 sales by one class of buyer to another. O11 ail fish or fish products covered 11y the order, 1vl1i0h sell 111 10 cents per pound or less, the dealer may take his tuarkuta of the basic period and 111111 not be limiter] In the maxinmm prescribed by the order for higher twriced fish. The order also provides that imported fish or fish products mav not be sold in Canada at prices higher than those specified for the same Canadian items. i I I First English Parliament mct this date 1261); it anticipated, and to a great extent developed, the system 1vl1ic11 marked the "Model" Parlia- ment of I295, famous as containing two knights from 011011 5l1ir0, two citizens from 011011 city, two burgesses from 0.1011 borough, and re|u"050uta- fives of cathedral and parochial 01011.11; in his "Confirmation of Charters" at this time, Edward I again recognized the necessity for the com- mon assent of the 10.11111 to the grant of aids, 011.. 111111 this 11550111 1100011105 from that time the assent of the three cstatcs of the realm signified in Parliament. viz. the King, 1110 P0015 Spiritual aurl 'l‘01upo1"111, and the 1101150 of Commons, during this 111111 the t11"o succeeding reigns, Lords Spiritual 111111 'l'en1po1al voted stibsitlies for their 111vu order, and clergy 11nd Commons determined their own respective grants; even after their separation from Commons (Edward II) clergy in the House of Convocation continued to vote 511115111105 until the reign of Charles II; attempts 11v 'l'11dor sovereigns to 1101111110 money by forc- 011 loans and l10110_v0l0110es. 11nd of Stewart kings by iinpositior of duties and ordcrs-in-cnuucil, were strictly resisted, and the right of P1111111- ‘ncnt alone to levy 0111115105 on the stibjccts was 101155011011 11v Petition of Right, I629, and 11111

of Rights, I089,

THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

Notes By Tho Way

Nowadays he’! a lucky mun who bu what it takes to find out 1f hr- can take or leave it alone. -Kltch- ener Record.

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PUBLIC FORUM

‘oi-award a Mu- h- m I II annually-undone h: Olllllll d

n n difficult 111 - u... inclination of the Yugoslavs to (tzht one auottiar wnen there t: l so much more desirable enemy 1n their midst. — Port Arthur News-Chronicle.

A biologist vent-urea tho opinion. that. the people of this 001111119111: will be seven feet tall by ‘NU-a natural result, no doubt, of trying m keep one’; head above the flood of taxation-Edmonton Journal.

Report comes from Reno, Ne- vada, that a divorce has been denied for the first time in many years. When a divorce is not granted in Reno it ls news. -—Mon- tree] Gazette.

The highest mileage steamed by an Indian warship stands to 1.11s credit of l-LMIS. Jumna. the sloop which shot down four Japanese bombers 1n Dutch East Indies wat- ers early in 1942. H01 “tally" of 51,179 mlles represent an average of 14-0 miles a day during 12 months-Ottawa Citizen.

Nancy Oakes de Marigny has dcscribaft 11s “utterlv rldicttlous" reports that she is going tn divorce her playboy husband. The lan- guage ls so strikingly 10111111500111 of the usual Hollywood statement that; we expect; to hear any time that Nancy has turned 111,1 1n Reno. —Wlnd5or Star.

The King and Queen saw a patrtomlme which they them- selves had helped to produce, with their daughters, Princess Eliza- beth and Princess Margaret in the leading parts, an a house in the countryn Princess Elizabeth was Aladdin, and Princess Ivfargaiz-t. was Princess Roxana. The Duke of Kent and his sister, Princes."- Alexandra, were in tne supporting: cast with 40 other cnildruti, mos: nf than from a village school. The King sent. a CllFlSltIl-"lg 1100, grown on the Sfllldflllgllfllll estate. to Westminster Abbry. -- London Timer.

Robert D. Edwards. who teaches the much-discussed subject of weather to students at 1111- N l Flight Prepurat/o1',v Sclwm of gate University. at Hamilton, NJ has stated definitely that" "we have already seen the worst of lhle Winter and ntrty .502 some unseasonably mild weatncr be- tween the end of January 11nd the micldlo of March.” He also ven- tures the prediction that 111010 will be a not spell iu the second 1100i’. of June. and that we 0.111 11.111001. nor: Winter to be cold. Almanac addicts excepted. there was a tlrue when most yieople regarded long- range weather tirophccles rather dubiously. However, this branch of meteorology has hdVfiliCOd ra- pidly in recent years. and the time may 0on1’: when New Year calen- dar; will have marked on them the weather for every day in the ycar.—Klugsbon Whig-Standard

What we are Wlinesslng is 110i only this defeat of an 11111111‘ out the destruction of a 11.01121 of German military gcirlua. The Germans are being overcome n01. simply by the weight of superlur numbers and equipment-though to create this 1s a measure of pro- fessional superiority-but by betttr generalship. 0n a modest 5.21110 Alexander and Montgomery show- ed in North Africa that. they could master 1.110 art of war mote quickly and not less well than the pick oi the German commanders. 0n a glgnatie scale a host 0f R115- slan generals are outmnnoeuvriug and their troops are outfightiug the best that the Germans can present. Before this war no B11- tllh 0r American general had handled more than a division of troops, and the Russians had to robulld 0111.111; their army from 1.11.0 detritus of chaos 11nd dcfcrtt. Noth- ing so inspires soldiers to victory as the consciousness of superior- lty in their leaders and themselves. That 0011501011511055 has pussorl from the Germans to the Allies, and the change nnuoitnees the bour of decision. - Manchester Guardian

Have you ever wondered why u sheep ls mutton, a plg ls park, a cow ls beef and a deer is vcnlsun after these animals are killed 1111.‘. used for food? asks The Kitchener Record. An explanation 15 given in an article 1n "our Dumb Alli- mais." It. dates back to a great historical event which occurred nearly 900 years ago. In the year I066 the Normans, led bv ‘William 1.1111 Conqueror, conquereu what ls now England 11nd became the rul- ers of the land. A5 they were French. the French language be- came the official language of the court and the ruling classes. How- ever, the common people, the Auglo-Saxotis, 111110 were the orl- ginal lnhabltatits, kept. 1m using their own tongue. Many of them were servants oi’ the conquerors. They had the care of the 11v» ant- mals which they called by the Saxon names such as ox, cow, pig. calf, sheep, deem‘ 11nd so on. But when the animals were killed for good they were killed to be eaten by the Normans. Natural- ly, they tzave the meat the French names instead of the saxon. An ox was boetzf, a sheep mouton, and so on. Dddcntly fowl wasn't nai- en in those days. because x1 chicken is stlll chicken and a duck rrtnalns duck on passing from the ehopplnz block m the platter.

Iiecntuo Jules Levy, an indepen- dent. Hollywood producer. tltinlu Bill Bcitdix ls the second Louis Wolhelm. he is now preparing "The Hatrv Ape", Wnlhelmb great- est stage triumph, with Bmdtx 1n the Lille role and the conventional goon mnkeup, Dugnl O'l’..1am writes in Colliers. Since 1t wlll bring another $35,000 into his treasury, Bill is accepting his fate with be- coming equanlmity. but. he yearns for the day when accident, or something, will pennlt the hidden beauty to shine through his rug- tled exterior. This ambition l1 based on nn incident which occur- red when 11o was being made up for the first. time for his part in "China." Probably seized by 1111 1n- ner urge to right some of nature's wrongs. the makeup man complete- ly altered the Bendix phystognomy obviously for the better. Bill np- peared for action. beaming happily. but Director John Farrow took one look at the result and chased Bill

A 5.1011511 also URGENT DUTY

Sara-loyal families in thousands of homes in this Province PKWY 101' the welfare of their B0115 110116180‘ lng all the hBfdShiDS of this cruel war but. too often the dread mes- sage 000105 1o them-and t-hose three terrible words-"Killed action-J 0111111005 a 11111150110141 of joy 11nd ha-otliuess to one of dee - est. tux-d irreparable sonmw—'l‘ e 1110112111. that. tnc loved son die 8

0's death ls small wmpensliw to the bereaved farnilv who never azaln watch for the home 00min‘: of their 0111111111. soldier 50h or hear 111s hclovec. volce. No one can ndcqttatclv measure rtble lose nor the heart 01115111"! grief that even tune may 119W! cure.

A5 our hearts x0 out in deep

svurrxtthv lo 111059 5111010011 homes let 115 ask 0111001105 ihLs question “Can I be of uuy help lo our 50l- dler sens?" Let me 111151101’ the question Mauv oi our 1103's W111 l!" killed and many more 1vlll be wounded-we 0:111 uruv for 111059 God has called 1:1 their rewaitl. but for the living. our wounded and stricken sons. we can do a. lot. 3'85 \1"0 tzau 011-11 511w» the" lives. How? bv going to 11in blood rlonorst-linlc 111 this cilv 11nd elvmg 11 putt. 0!‘ more of blood which we Will. 110T- miss, 1100111150 every donor 1S care- fully CXBJTilIlGC by medical men be- fore he or she 1s passed as being safe to give blood. Remember the 1010111 of P1111110 Edward Island 111 giving meu and money l5 1x10110115. But not. so 1n reaurd to blood. We are oulv 111111‘ fulfilling our quota- and the montbers of the tinned forces and our women have dam the ere-attest. part of 11.. At. t.l1e ure- sent time our ladies of the Red Cross are canvassing the city for blood donors. _ L01 me uutke this appeal ht 1hr uaiue of Cllflbhdlllly and loyalty. I 5111001011’ ask our clviliatis to help this rzreatcst of Red Cress activities. Enroll 11s 11 voluntary member 0f our blood donors time and enable 11s to reach our 11110111 and by so d0- mg we 11111.1‘ "11111- 1110'

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W .!'. M111: ILLAN,

PfCSKlCllE, P 1.1.1 Division Cairudizm R011 Cross Society

151111111 C1111. _. l-OJSCYVCI‘) So much 11:15 been heard of b110- 1m 101 Britain and of eggs for 1311111111 that it 0011105 11s something of 11 surprise to learn that grout. (gttuuttties 0f llSll are also 5011f to bl‘.l.illl'i. Sinking statistics on the mupply/ of 111.11 made nvttlllble w the United Kitigdcm arc announ- ced by the Wartime Information Board. Whereas iu 19351, 633,000 eases of 4a 1iuunus each of enun- cd salmon were chipped, the 11um- om- rose in 1942 to 1.725.000 cases- (3111111011 honing 111115 1101.11. in the nubunt. of 94,0110 cases 1n 1939; in 1942, 1.300.000 Case". I11 1939 I10 frozen 11511 was sLppCCl ut bll~lu

1942, 4,025,030 pounds were ship- l3

0 . Thus 1t 1vc11lt1 appear that. Can- adian 1101101105 lmve made avltal contribution to the Allied war 0f- fort. Value of fish exports from Canada increased by more than $22,000,000 511100. I939, making the total t11e tidy sum of $51,907.01». Canadian fish 15 used extensively 1n 110mm, fish, and chip shops 111101 iest-auraiits in Britain and by British troops on many battle- frouts While Camda produces large quantities of_n111ny kluds of fish, it. 1111s concentrated on 0am- icd saluiou, herring and frozen ced for export a’. the request of i711‘ United Kingdom. Canada provides 3b percent cf the United King- uoufis supplies cl‘ canned fish. T1115 percentage may be compared‘ with the percentages of other Un- ited Kmgclont sitpplles which are provided by Canada; eggs. 10 per- cent; cheese. 25 percent; wheat. 52 prrccni; b10011, 62 percent, These figures arc 111011 and simple, but: they meun 11 great deal to the U11- lted Kingdom nncl therefore to the war as a whole, The" suggest the infinite vnrlety of Canada's part 1n the war

Dunkerque I809

Britain's of

(Montreal Gazette)

January I6 marked a notable an11ivcrsary in British military 11151101111. It. was on this day lu I809 one hundred and thirty five years ago, that. the British forces under Sir John Moore faced the ordeal ol’ embarkutlon in the face of the enemy. At Corunna they fought the delaying action that made their withdrawal possible. Corumm was Britain's Duukerque in her struggle with Napoleon. Like Dun- kcrque, it came at the end of a bitter and costly retreat, but 1t; was fought cut with such stead- fastncss tit-at. 1t exacted fl certain splendor from disaster.

Sir John Moore had been sent into Spain with a British army to give support to Britain's Spanish ally. At Madrid the Spanish force collapsed. leavlng hlm late with 20,000 men ln the face of an ndvnnclmz French force of 80.000. To withdraw to the coast. and to evacuate his men became the al- most. hopeless feat of arms which it was then his responsibility to achieve.