In the West

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 55, 3 November 1915, Page 5

In the West

THE BATTLE OF LOOS. NEWSPAPER COMMENT. United Press Association. (Received 8.30 a.m.) London, November 2. The Times' military correspondent states that the complete history oi the battle of Loos, which, it appears, cost us nearly five thousand casualties, re-. mains to be written. The main attack was successful, except at the most northern point, and it only remained for the reserves to come to secure the conquests and restore the position in the north, but there has been no mention of the employment of reserves on 25th September. The Daily Mail says: The impression left by Sir John French's despatch is that a stage of the war has been reached wherein new methods are required. We have found that bravery does not prevail against inventions of the Devil, and thousands of machine-guns and hundreds of miles of barbed-wire. The army in Flanders has been biting on a file, yet continue the old unsuccessful plans. The Daily Express says: The vagueness of the references to the repulse ' of the 24th and 21st Divisions inestimably suggest that a great victory was nearly won, but was made impossible ■ bv blunders and hesitation.