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" I desire also to record my obligation to my own Staff at 

 General Headquarters and on Lines of Communication, and to 

 the various Technical Advisers attached thereto, for. their 

 loyal and untiring assistance." 



By Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, g.c.b., g.c.v.o., k.c.i.b., 

 Commander-in-Chief, British Armies in France, dated 31st 

 May 1917. 



"I desire also to repeat the well-merited tribute paid in my 

 last Despatch to the different Administrative Services and 

 Departments. The work entailed by the double task of 

 meeting the requirements of our winter operations and 

 preparing for our next offensive was very heavy, demanding 

 unremitting labour and the closest attention to detail." 



By Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, k.t., g.c.b., g.c.v.o., 

 K.C.I.E., Commander-in-Chief, British Armies in France, 

 dated 25th December, 1917. 



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" The work of the Army Veterinary Corps and of the Mobile 

 Veterinary Sections has been ably carried out, and has con- 

 tributed largely to the general .efficiency of the Army." 



"In the heavy and responsible work which they have so 

 admirably performed, the Army Conjmanders have been most 

 loyally supported and assisted by their Staff Officers and 

 Technical Advisers, as well as by the Commanders and Staffs 

 of the units serving under them .... as well as the other 

 Officers of my Staff, and Technical Advisers at General 

 Headquarters and on Lines of Communication, have given me 

 the greatest and most valuable assistance. I am glad once 

 more to place on record the debt that I owe to them." 



