This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ...of the age of the victor of Arcola, the War might have run a different course. Time and the ocean, were fortunately on the side of England. Her Government was honest, but its crucial defect was want of energy, and although there was no faint-heartedness perceptible, there was a lack of fibre. It was a ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ...of the age of the victor of Arcola, the War might have run a different course. Time and the ocean, were fortunately on the side of England. Her Government was honest, but its crucial defect was want of energy, and although there was no faint-heartedness perceptible, there was a lack of fibre. It was a dark hour. Sir John had moved from St. Omer to a house at Blendecques, about a mile away, on a high slope across the valley. It was secluded and the grounds stretched upwards to a series of commons covered with heather, across which the sound of the guns boomed continuously. In the late afternoon of the 9th of March, 1915, the Field-Marshal returned from a sixmile walk just before nightfall. His spirit was moved by thought of the morrow and the sobering reflection that at his signal many fine young soldiers would rush upon death. In spite of a clouded horizon he was curiously optimistic, and his belief in success which was never realized irritated Ministers who failed to appreciate how great an asset in the leadership of armies is that eternal triumph of hope over failure. Although the French had tried a "break through" at Perthes and Beausejour and failed, Sir J ohn's confidence of being able to do so at Neuve Chapelle was unshaken. There was a stream of contention over that battle; recriminations followed between Generals which were reechoed in clubs and London drawing-rooms by oflicers on leave fresh from the field. But the trouble lay deeper than the mishandling of troops or the quarrels of subordinate commanders. Journals. The story has been told in great part by Lord French in the last chapter of the volume called " 1914." In this chapter he says: " It is my object to make known some of the...
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