"Clemenceau" Quotes from Famous Books
... am glad that you Will soon be back at G.H.Q., With brushes, paint and turpentine, And canvases fourteen by nine, To paint the British soldier man As often as you may and can. The brave ally, the captive Boche, And Monsieur Clemenceau and Foch; But, on the whole, you'd better not Paint lady spies before they're shot. We're living in the Eastern zone, Between the ——, the ——, the —— (The orders of Sir Douglas Haig Compel me, Woppy, to be vague.) ... — An Onlooker in France 1917-1919 • William Orpen
... the rumour that there was a horse down in the Clemenceau Road had spread rapidly, and more boys, several little girls, and three soldiers in blue, with red ties, had joined the group round Mr. Lavender, to whom there seemed something more than providential in this ... — Forsyte Saga • John Galsworthy |