27 JANUARY 1917, Page 13

BEER AS THE ORGANIZER OF VICTORY. fTo THE EDITOR or

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Sia,—In reply to Mr. H. N. Roscoe, who contends that our victories in the past have been gained by heavy beer-drinkers, may I ask him to read carefully Napier's Peninsular Wari Be will find that when Badajoz was captured in 1812 by Wellington's troops a large proportion of them were drunkards, who cruelly dealt with the inhabitants of the town.—I am, Sir, &c.,

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