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THE VICTORY OF THE
ANCRE
SIR D. HAIG'S REVIEW OF THE
OPERATIONS.
The Commander-in-Chiefs full des patch giving the story of the German retreat on the Ancre, dated May 1st, was published at the end of June.
The following is part of the opening) paragraph of the Despatch:
iod of theretreat became exptionally light. The prospect of a more general resump tion
opm lighting can be regarded with great confidence.
of
The systematic destruction of roads,
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. I wish also to place on record here the fact that the successful solation of the problem of railway transport would
railways, and bridges in the evacuated have been impossible had it not beer for
the hesitate to men in the Josanics
ท
Canada
The
mest our to
ares made unprecedented demands upon the patriotism of the railway the Royal Engineers, already heavily at home
did not bardened by the work entailed by
and needs, preparations for our spring offensive. rolling stock required our steuly progress, in the face of the and even to tear up "track in order to
ล the great difficulties confronting u% provide us with the ROGERKALY rails. The best testimony to the energy and thanks of the Army are due also to those thoroughness with which those demands who have accepted so cheerfully the were met;
inconvenience caused by the consequent The bridging of the Somme at Brie,
dimination of railway facilities which reference has already been made available for civil traffic.
The various other special services, of the nature of the obsta cles with which,
and the
attention in my last Dispatch, instance six hare continued t to discharge their duties SCPORS the canal with Kame
during the Somme rendered most valuable The work was commenced on the assistance to our and infantry
I desire also to morning of the 18th March, and was
tered in my last Dispatch to carried out night and day in three tribute
By 10 on the same day the
to
The operations on the anere, however, is a ex our troops were met a as well as the minor enterprises and of the rapidity with which those obstato ca/?ence of whose work I was glad
raids to which reference has been made, cles were overcome. In this
and river, some of them of
were carried out as"intended. Besides gaps had to be bridged semble dient by themy and, eticiency
gaining valuable position and observa tion by local attacks in the neighbour. hood of Bouchavesnes, Sailly-Saulisel, and Grandcourt, these raids and minor enterprises were the means of inflicting to bridges for infantry had been com- and Departments. The work entailed" heavy casualties on the enemy, and completed, as already statod. Modium requirements of our winter operations the double task of meeting the tributed very appreciably to the total bridges for horse tranapo 3,284 prisoners taken from him in the werend 2 p.m. on
completed by 5 am. on the 20th and preparing for our next offensive March.
the 28th March was very heavy, demanding unremitting period under review.
or four and half days after they had labour and the closest attention to begun, heavy bridges ipable of taking detail
width and over a swift-flowing, stream./Battle, and at the well-merted
We quote below the general review with which the Despatch closes:-
CATELY
ENGLIS
complete
events
all forms of trame bad taken the place of The fighting on the Ancre and sub- the lighter type. Modium type deviation sequent advance made large demanda Certain outstanding features of bridges were constructed as the heavy upon the devotion of our Medical the past five months fighting call for Bridges were begut, so that from the Service. The health of the troops during orief comment before I close this report, time the first bridges were thrown across the period covered by this Dispatch has
In spite of a season of unusual severity, the river traffic was practically contin-
been satisfactory, notwithstanding the discomfort and exposure to which they a winter campaign has been conducted Throughout the past winter the ques were subjected the extreme cold
winter laugh so much before to successful issue under most trying tion of transport, in all its forms, has of the war in
and arduous conditions. Activity on our presented problems of a most serious taken over from the
The loyal co-operat (It's a grand old song-
and Home Sweet Home battlefront has been maintained almost nature, both in the battle ares and be- hind the lines. On the rapid soittien
that prevailed The Kangaroo Hop
without a break from the conclusion of of these problems the success or failure between our Allies and ourselves last year's offensive to the commencement of our operations necessarily largely out
oat the Somme Battle have Cori- depended.
tinued and
the of the present operations. The successful
strengthened by At the close of the campaign of 1018 of the past winter and in particular by accomplishment of this part of our the steady growth of our Armies and the circumstances general plan has already enabled us to the
the Estter
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of the roads and railway abin
back won beca country has t to open the
capacity to their full the
combined efforts of the achievement. The courage and endurance then at our disposal. Existing broad to France by
Allied
This result troops..
M regarder! of our troops has carried them friam-and narrow gauge railways were insu lively satisfaction by all ranks of
a period of fighting of a of traffic, 30 de casing:
cient to deal with the
of which the British Armies in France. At the thrown upon the roaris. As
the feelings of deep sympathy and pro- the difficulties of maintenance fund regrets provoked among us by the
almost overwhelming sight of the destruction that was ha and repair railway facilities of o
wrought in a once fair and prosperous countryside. "the great skill andively and urgently necessary to i
and on
realize no inconsiderable instalment of the rapid expansion of our material re- / withdrawal. attending the enemy's |
gone far
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ER been subjected to the maximum ufconditions set in these rapidly deterne time wish to give expression to
nazional
which they was
strain. orsted, and
hardship and physical I cannot speak too highly of the qualities
mnks of the Army
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immediate orders
operations described above
were
An increase of
the rols. For is purpose rolling stock were
che of cute anority with which tre required, immediately in great quanti troops in
in the Ancre ares were handled ties while at a later date our wants in
theso: by General Fir Habert Gough, and those
respects were considerably aug further south,
uth, on our front from Lemented by a large programme of now construction in the area of the enemy's
Transion to Roye, by General, Sir Henry withdrawal
Hawlinson, was in all respecta admirable. The task of obtaining t
the
amount of The retreat to which the enemy was railway material required to meet the river by our continued success reintro-
cod
on the Western front conditions demands of our Armies, and carrying
of warfare which had been absent from out the work of construction at the
that theatre since the opening months rate rendered necessary by our plans, in
years
of the war. After more than two
addition to providing labour and ma
of trench warfare considerable bodies terial for the necessary repair of roude,
of
ged was one of the very greatest diuculty. to Its nccessful accomplishment reflecta
Cour troops h been engaged under
ditions approximating the highest credit on the Trapaportation. open fighting, and cavalry has
Service, ofic
of whose eficiency and energy to perform its given an opportunity to special dirtied,
southcnpot speak too highly I desire to operations south I of Arres during the latter hall of March acknowledge in the fullest manner the therefore, of peculiar interst and debt that is owed to all who senisted in
the results achieved by all · been most satisfactory. deliberate nature of the
awal enabled him
esting most dificsit situation meeting the and especially to Major General
Erie Geddes, Director-General of Towns Whose ""rest Avability, Larganizing power, and energy the
Am glad
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