1 DECEMBER 1961, Page 15

THE NEW ARMY

,.111,—If 1 am ever privileged to dine with Cyril -may l shall be distressed to find the Margaux diluted with Algerian, but I shall have no right to be surprised. After all, that is what he proposes for the Army.

3 Shelton Fields, Shrewsbury

NICHOLAS BICKFORD

,,.[Cyril Ray writes: 'This attitude of Colonel cin„lckford's is precisely why there are recruits for the margaux regiments and not for the Algerian Corps.'—Editor, Spectator.]