A.H. Alderson
Commanding First Canadian Division
"All units, all ranks of the First Canadian Division, I tell you
truly, that my heart is so full I hardly know how to speak to you.
It is full of two feelings, the first being sorrow for the loss of
those comrades of ours who have gone, the second--pride in what
the First Canadian Division has done.
"As regards our comrades who have lost their lives, and we will
speak of them with our caps off [here the general took off his
cap, and all did likewise], my faith in the Almighty is such that
I am perfectly sure that, in fact, to die for their friends, no
matter what their past lives have been, no matter what they have
done that they ought not to have done (as all of us do), I repeat
that I am perfectly sure the Almighty takes care of them and looks
after them at once. Lads--we can not leave them better than like
that. [Here the general put his cap on, and all did the same.]
"Now, I feel that we may, without any false pride, think a little
of what the Division has done during the past few days.
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