BATTLES FOR GAZA.
WHY MURRAY ATTACKED. DIRECTED BY ARMY COUNCIL. SUCCESS WANTED SOMEWHERE (Ry Cable.—Press Assoclntion.—Copyright.) (Receii-eil 11.30 a.m.l LONDON, October IT. Gen. Sir Archibald Murray has at last been granted permission to publish the uncciiKorcd dispatches from Gaza. He contends that the War Cabinet interfered improperly with his military discretion, and pressed for an offensive, while not supplying him with troops. The Army Council, replying, states that its policy was not based on local considerations", but on the general course of the war, including the failure of General Xivelles offensive in Franco, of the Allied policy in the Balkaus, the position in Russia, the submarine campaign, and Ihe necessity for a striking victory for BritUh home moral. Tin , "Times,"' reviewing the dispatches and the correspondence, agrees that the iirst battle of Gaza was very well planned, but the second was not so well planned, and was badly executed. costing 7000 casualties. Like General Maude, General Allenby refused to move till he had the forces necessary for success. Like General Townshend, General Murray took the risk and failed.— ("Times.")
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Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 249, 18 October 1920, Page 5
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