BRITISH COMMANDERS IN THE FIELD
A WINNOWING-OUT SUGGESTED. i Bv Telegraph—: Press Association— Copyright ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) ; (Rec. January 25, 5.5 p.m.) ; , London, January 24. ; , Sir. Sydney Low, in an article in the "Daily Mail," points out that- the coun- '< try is at length awakening to the mag- j ni'tude of the task, and is taking tlio j war in earnest. "Yet," he 6ays, "an ! essential change is required—to ie- ; tire, the elderly commanders who have failed to rise to the emergency, atd j ■have brought disaster and terrible loss on our valiant troops. Wo have a num- | ber of younger officers,'in the prime of • life, wiio have been tested at Mons. j and Le Cateau, and havo_ done exacting ; service under new conditions of war- j fare. They ought to be given a chance ( j before their powers diminish, and while '; | they are still at the top of their form, j Tins 'winnowing process" has b&m com -, j spicuous in Russia and France." i
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2678, 26 January 1916, Page 5
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