ADMIRAL CUNNINGHAM.
It has been said that, this is a war which has brought, no glory to the man in command, writes . “Atticns” in the “Sunday Times.” Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham has now destroyed that legend. His exploit at Taranto was spectacular., unexpected and audacious, yet wholly in keeping with his temperament and career. “Andrew B.” as the Navy has always called him (“B” is for Browne) is a little man with a bright and frequently deceptive smile, who loyes discipline, knows his men as if they were his children, praises good work, but is furious with slackness, detests nfaking reports, and dearly loves to dash in under the guns, surprise the enemy, and fight his way out again. For 20 years he has adventured in the Afeditorranean and knows its every mood and threat. He has a will of iron and a head which supplies both imagination and driving power. Ho owns an old house in Hampshire which is associated with many stirring moments in British history. He talks of it tenderly and regrets aloud that lie sees it so seldom. None of his followofficers are as impressed as they should be. They know that he has given his heart to the sen, and that he can never he happy without a heaving ship beneath his' feet, and a treacherous foe to ho outwitted,
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 124, 7 March 1941, Page 4
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