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DESPATCH BY «ENG.
GLORIOUS ANNALS.
MAR GRAVES.
HANDSOME BEHAVIOUR OF DOMINIONS.
LONDON, January 8. At a meeting of the Imperial War, Here is 42 eloquent passagen Long presided, all the British Over- Graves Commission, at which Mr. tree months of epic fighting, theseas representatives were present. British Arbies France brought to The chairman, atated that all the A sudden and dramatic end the great Over-sea Governments ad un wearingtoyfattle of the past four
A 24 pogo Gazette has been issued, years. The confidence of our troops reservedly agreed to bear a share of
containing Field-Marshal Haig's deathonghout these years of strain whatever expense might be involved patch dutest December 21, covering never watered The anuals of war in worthily honouring the memory of the period since the termination of hold record of no more wonderful their dead The commission was the great defensive battles or the recovery thin that which, three therefore free to discharge the task Somine and the Lye.
month inter the tremendous blows an ungrudging and unpiggardly showered 1200 them on the Somme spirit.
It states that last Apr the Ger- man.. attack, though unsuccessful.
and the Leaw the undefeated The commission adopted a recom- had stretched the Allies' resources British Arbis advancing from vic-mendation that the most suitable to the uttermost. The possibility of tory to sitely, finally forcing the method of honouring those whose fan immediate renewal of the enemy arstwhilephant
offensive was viewed with grove acknowledge is unconditional de Janxiety. On the other hand the feat?'
enemy undoubtedly suffered severe-
enemy
to graves were not found or identified
would be to place i tablet appro priately inscribed in the cemetery In the decisive. contests of the fear the spot where they were be ly, but possessed sufficient superior period covered; Marshal Haig es lieved to have been killed. It is ity of force to retain the initiative: The British attacked, the strongest estimated, there will be at least à which, however, he could not affordi to dely applying owing to the in-and most vital party of the enemy's thousand of such cemeteries.
front, cut his lateral caninunications, The commission decided to ask thứ". ereasing growth of the American and fought his best divisions to a Indian Government to formulate Army.
proposals for the establishment of an agency in India for the rare of British war groves there.
WAITING FOR REINFORCE
»MENT.
standstill. On different battle fronts, 167,000 were taken prisoner, 2,850 guns, 20,000 machine-guns, and The British military policy was to 3,000 trench portars were captured. The commission warmly thanked maintain an active defence until qr These results were achieved by 50 the Umes of South Africs Govern equilibrium of strength had been British divisions, which engaged and meat, for their most generous offer to reuched. The complete success of defeated 9 separate German divi- meet the entire cost of maintenance the Allied counter-attack near Soissons in three months
of the cemeteries and to make pro-
and men of the Imperial Forces who had died within the Union.
sons on July 18 marked the taming MILITARY DOCTRINE UPSET
point of the campaign. After that the initiative lay with the Allies.
BY PLUCK. At this point and in this connectrine that, in good defensive posi Despite the accepted military doc tion," says Marshal Haig," I should like to pay my personal tribute talous ane giren force can hold up a the foresight and determination of (and this our defence proved in considerably greater attacking force the French Marshal, in whose band the co-drdination and action, of the Allied armies was placed."
The despatch proceeds to describe the steps taken during the period of uctive defence to repair the effecte of enemy breaches in the defensive
system.
ENGINEERS BUST.
arch and April), yet when the tide
of battle turned and the British attacked, completely destroying the German resistance, the British were umerically inferior to the defeated German fortes This he attributes to the most magnificent spirit tof our men
vision for memorials to the officers T
·AGITATION AMONG SOLDIERS,
WAR STILL ON
LONDON, January 7
At the War Office at 3.15 today. five or as lorries arrived, filed with soldiers froth Kempton Park. They drove past the War Office, left their lorries, and assembled in the War Office "quadrangle. They demanded to see a responsible oficial.
Major General Felding addressed them as Commander of the London District. He absolutely declined to consider their demands; which he
commanding officer. He reminded them that the war & still on. Al- though we had won the war, wa might lose the peace. He said he knew this trouble hath been fomented by a few agitators. Most of them would be ashamed if they knew the danger in which they were placing the country.
PRAISE FOR INFANTES It then shows "how in consequence
Referring to the Infantry, the des- of enemy fire rozimanding important railway junctions; the Alles under patch day Despite the enormous took a comprehensive programme of development of mechanical invention railway construction in order to ren-in every phase of warfare, the place der traffic between the North and the which the Infantryman always held South independent of Amiers. This as the main substance and founda- must be submitted to their involved the laying of 200 miles of tion of an amy is as secure to-day broad gauge track between April and at any period of history. The July. The new defensive works in infantryman remains the backbone, volved the digging of 5,000 miles of defence, and spearhead of attack trench. Aleantine che fighting At no time has the reputation of the British, infantryman been higher, or troops severely harassed the enemy on the Lys sector, delaying and his achievement more worthy of his ultimately preventing the renewal renown. No prise" can be too high for the valour they have shown, and of the German offensive there.
But the outstanding feature of the 9 gratitude too deep for the work erents described in the despatch they accomplished. Marshal Haig's own account of the great series of British victories won between August 8 and November 11. ENEMY. FINALLY BEATEN BEFORE ARMISTICE.
The men then quietly dispersed.
BRITISH DEMOBILIZATION.
ONLY PARTIAL AS YET.
Lospos, January 7
CAVALRY STILL USEFUL Marahal: Haig also refers to the unsurpassable work of the Artillery and Cavalry. He says that the re cent fighting showed that Cav'ry was still a necessary arm of modern The Army Council announces that At Amiens and Bapaume, in war. The despatch also contains no officer or soldier will be permitted breaking the Precourt Queant and tributes to other aros, including the to proceed to England on leave from Hindenburg systems. before Le Gas Services, which discharged bo-France except on the distinct under Cateau and on the Selle, in Flanders tween March and November 2,250 standing that he returns to his unit and on the Sambre, the enemy was tons of gas and carried out 301 on the expiration of his leave, and again and again brought to battle separate operations. Also to the will not be demobilised during the and defeated. He was faally de-Forestry Corps, which in the year period of such leave. Experience feated in the great battles of Novern ended October 81 cut 2,700,000 tons has shown the necessity for this order. ber 1 and November 4, and utterly of timber for the Anglo-French to ensure the maintenance of the without reserves at the date of the armies.
Armistice, he was falling back with-It concludes with a reference to out a coherent plan in widespread the harmonious relations with our Allies, which were undimmed by any disorder and confusion."
hint of discord or conflict of interests or ideals The Field Marshal says he will later submit a final despatch dealing with the advance to the bine and the occupation of the Cologne bridge head
The Field-Marshal. in a further reference to the situation when Acetilities ceased, states that by the end of October the British Acraies word in a position to prevent the enemy's withdrawal to shorter lines and the British were able to force an immediate conclusion. GERMANY INVADED BUT FOR
CARMISTION.
LATE TROOSEVELT.
PRESS REFERENCES.
army of occupation. All officers and men now on leave from France will be demobilised if they are pivotal men assured of civil employment and belong to the industrial groups open- for demobilization, and if they car spared from the army.
The same privilege is accorded to all ranks on leave from the other expeditionary forces if they are si- larly qualified.
Men serving in Home unite cannot be demobilised during leave.
ARMISTICE COMMISSION.
ORDERS.
LONDON, January 7: The despatch disclones that the The French Press expresses keen principal British attack was to have regretat the death of Theodors ITS RIGHT TO ENFORCE ITS taken place on November 1, after Boosevelt, whose unbounded popu Valenciennes was captured. In larity made him the most picturesque American gare in France. Paris the fighting on and subsequent to has not forgotten his address at the that date we broke the enemy's Sorbonne years ago, when he made resistance beyond the possibility ofta noble exposition of the duties of recovery. The enemy thereafter citizen
LONDON, January 6. Before the Armistice Commission, Marshal Foch affirmed the right of the Commission to establish military commands and police forces to con M.Pichon sent a message to Mtrol the execution of the Navigation
Commission a orders. (Havas).
was neither capable of accepting or Roosevelt mentioning that France refusing battle. The Allies strategic grateful for the way Mr. Roosevelt plan was realised with a complete upheld her cause in the worst crisis. ness-rarely seen in war, and when He did if in a way never to becfor
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