REALITIES OF THE WAR
MR. PHILIP GIBBS CASTIGATES ARMY
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HIGH COMMAND'S GHASTLY MISTAKES By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright London, February 26. Mr..'Phil in Gibbs's new book "Tho Realities of the War" has made a strong impression. It consists largely of caustic criticisms of generals and bitter revelations of disasters, which could not bo told during -the censorship. The author castigates the training system of the Regular Av officers, which produced specimens wit "(.binaries' brains and Potsdam'man.... .' and yet formed a' close corporation irom which brilliant civilians were kept until towards the end of the war. He mentions Generals Sir Joseph Hobbs, Sir John Monash, and Sir Arthur Currie,ns instances of the success of unprofessional soldiers when given a chance. His descriptions of Neuve Chapellc, Loos, Bullecourt, and Ypres make wim reading.. The British' High Command only learned by ghastly mistakes, oft repeated, for' which Slaughtered British vouth/i paid the penalty — Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. V
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 134, 2 March 1920, Page 7
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153REALITIES OF THE WAR Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 134, 2 March 1920, Page 7
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