THE FIFTH ARMY.
_ GENERAL GOUGH DEPENDED. By Telegraph.—Press Assa.—Copyright. London, Sept. 4. Sir A. Coram Doyle's latest volume of war history defends Sir Hubert Gough, Commander of the sth Army, who was sacrificed without inquiry regarding the forces he had to face or the method whereby he mitigated what might have been a crushing disaster. Many in the best position to know affirmed that nothing could have been bettered from a military point of view. General Gough left nothing undone. He was compelled to extend his front at the express wish of the French. Although tho roads and bridges were blown up, General Gough had no power to destroy the railway bridges, and his reserves were too far to the rear. Man power, was his primary weakness. The country owed a debt of gratitude to General Gough. Had he hes'itated to withdraw his army it might have been isolated and destroyed, and the whole war might well have taken a sinister turn.—Aus.-N-Z. Cable Assn,
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 September 1919, Page 5
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164THE FIFTH ARMY. Taranaki Daily News, 8 September 1919, Page 5
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