Britain's War Secretary Sir James Grigg rose in the House of Commons in London one day last week to charge that the Canadian Army in Germany was, in fact, not Canadian. Said he: "United Kingdom troops form two-thirds of the Canadian First Army." He could not, he said, give details, for security reasons. But two facts did pass censorship: last week the Canadian First Army was about three-fourths British; the "Canadians" who last month broke through the formidable Reichswald were mainly the British XXX Corps, seasoned in North Africa and Sicily.
The London Daily Telegraph chimed in: "The 'First Canadian...
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