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LETTER : CONSCRIPTION

Hugh David
Sunday 19 November 1995 00:02 GMT
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"AN army that died without glory" (12 November) mentions the Kaiser's regarding "British soldiers [as] being volunteers and not conscripts like the French or Germans". General conscription was in fact introduced in Britain in March 1916.

Hugh David, London SW8

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