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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1001, 16 December 1910, Page 8

An eminent German critic, ..who was present at .the late British Army manoeuvres, writes thus in the "Berliner Tage-blatt"-.—'"When we judge the British Army by tho side of the German, the French, the Austrian, or the Japanese, the vcrdict can only be this: 111 its present composition and training it is not equal to a conflict with a Continental armv, and'is, on-the whole, apart from the smallness of its numbers, unfitted to play any part worth mentioning' in modern. war. As a land Power, Great Britain lias fallen out of the ranks of firstclass military Powers. In spite of this, her- soldiers, and the raw material which she can command in the form of officers, aro exceptionally good, and second .to none in the world. .The British Ariuy is not only incapable in point of numbers of throwing any decisive weight oil the scales in a Continental war, but is also deficient-' in the war training of its soldiers, and in ilie understanding of its leaders for the task which n great modern war would impose upon them." Particulars of a splendid opportunity for sheep farmers are advertised in this issue by Newton King,' auctioneer, New Plymouth. Progress of the Bag is the subject of a special announcement in this issue by Messrs. Whitcombe and Tombs, 1,ti1., Lambton Quay. -