Training with British Army in Flanders, June 4 - August 20, 1918 78th Division

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Reel 1, Gens. J.H. McRae, G.W. Read, E.M. Lewis, W.W. Harts, Canadian Gen. A.D. McRae, and Brit. Gen. H.K. Bethell confer at 2nd Army Corps hq., Fruges, France. Gen. Bliss, Major Robert Bacon, and Col. G.S. Simonds meet at Fruges. Gens. J.H. McRae and Read meet at 78th Div. hq., Rollencourt, and inspect 312th Inf. troops. Gen. M.L. Hersey watches 309th Inf. units drill and respond to a gas alert. 311th Inf. troops fire Vickers machine guns and are inspected by Gens. McRae, Read, and J.T. Dean. Reel 2, Brit. Gen. Horne and Brit. chaplains address Allied troops at Rauchicourt. 311th Inf. troops sing a hymn. Gens. Horne, Read, McRae, and Orth inspect Allied troops. Scotch, New Zealand, French, and 78th Div. troops pass in review. Gens. McRae and Dean greet King George V and Brit. Gens. Horne, Anderson, and Peck at 78th Div. hq., Rollencourt.

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