LORD KITCHENER'S VIEW OF THE WAR
NEW ARMIES TO BE READY BY THE SPRING London, September 17. Speaking in tho House of 7x>rds, Field Marshal Lord Kitchener paid a tribute to Sir John French's consummate skill and calm courage in withdrawing his force in face of vastly superior numbers, and added: "The struggle is bound! to be a long one." Britain now had in the field six divisions of infantry and two cavalry divisions, which would bo maintained' at 'full strength by steady reinforcements. He was also drawing on the overseas garrisons, and replacing the latter In Territorials, a division of which'had a'lready liccn sent to-Egypt and a brigade to Malta. Four armies were now being raised; two were being collected at training centres, a third was being formed,' and a fourth, consisting of Reserves, would bo utilised t<v feed the Expeditionary Force. "I "m confident," said Lord Kitchener, "that our now armies will bo ready and well trained to take tho field in the spring, and prove themselves formidable opponents."
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2260, 21 September 1914, Page 5
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171LORD KITCHENER'S VIEW OF THE WAR Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2260, 21 September 1914, Page 5
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