THE CAMBRAI REVERSE.
WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN. London, Jan. 8. The Standard refers to the widespread talk of the Cambrai failures, and the hesitation and, delay when the promptest action was needed. This prevented the recapture of a great part of Northern France, and the shaking of the whole German position. The dismissal of brigadiers is not sufficient. It was not generalship which saved the situation, but the tenacity and courage of the soldiers. The Manchester Guardian's military correspondent, advocating rigid economy of man-power in the west, states that the faults in generalship came out in the battle of Cambrai, which began ae our most remarkable victory, and ended as our worst defeat.
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Taranaki Daily News, 17 January 1918, Page 7
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113THE CAMBRAI REVERSE. Taranaki Daily News, 17 January 1918, Page 7
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