10 OCTOBER 1914, Page 3

M. Poincare left Bordeaux at the beginning of the week

in order to visit the troops at the front, and, together with the French Premier and Minister of War, was received at the French and British headquarters. This notable occasion was marked by an interchange of telegrams between the President and King George, which were published in the papers on Wednesday. M. Poincare asked that his congratulations should be conveyed to " la Belle Armee qui combat fraternelle- ment aux cotes des Francais," while King George expressed in return the pride felt by the British troops in "fighting side by side with the gallant French Army." The two messages, far from being empty pieces of politeness, are a crystallization of the relations that exist between the two nations and their armies in the field.