MUNITIONS QUESTION
MEN SUFFERING ABOMINABLY. DUKE OF RUTLAND'S CRITICISM. LONDON, 27th May. The Duke of Rutland, at Leicester, said he spoke with certain knowledge when he said that the men at thi. front were suffering abominable tortures from the most hopeless forgetfulness on the part of the military authorities in respect to the creation and constant supply of guns and shells. There was not a thousandth part of the explosive shells supplied that were required. Regiments went to the trenches with a couple of dozen hand-grenades. He believed Mr. Lloyd George was one of the few men capable of putting the matter on a strong and energetic business footing.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 125, 28 May 1915, Page 7
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109MUNITIONS QUESTION Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 125, 28 May 1915, Page 7
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