nemy to the south should
never have permitted.

So ended the Battle of Tourcoing, an action which, for the interest of its
scheme, for the weight of its results, and, above all, for the fine
display of courage and endurance which British troops showed under
conditions that should normally have meant annihilation, deserves a much
wider fame in this country than it has obtained.

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HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY

=BRITISH BATTLE BOOKS.= By HILAIRE BELLOC. Illustrated with Coloured Maps.
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