A GREAT TACTICIAN.

GENIUS FOR TRAINING RAW

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(Received Dec. 23, 10.30 p.m.) London, Dec. 20!

Mr John Buchan, writing in the "Daily Sketch" on Sir Douglas Haig, says: "Haig and Foch were complementary to each other, like Lee and Jacksou. The British Army supplied Foeh with his weapons, such as tanks and the creeping barrage, and it was the British Army that finally crushed Ludendorff. Foch made the plan and Haig provided tho material and mucn of the execution. But Haig was not a mere competent lieutenant, trusty in fulfilling orders. He was a great tactician. Foch and Haig from 1914 saw eye to eyo It was Haig who pressed most earnestly for Foch's appointment, and his whole hearted sup-

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port largely made possible the great gamble of July 18th .which won the second Battle of the Mame1 and the war. Like Sir John Moore, Sir Douglas Haig has a, great, genius for training raw niaerijil."