A RIFLE QUESTION
LEE-ENFIELD v. ROSS.
(Received January 31, 2.15 p.m.)
LONDON,. 30th January,
A White Paper publishes the correspondence relating'to the Canadian Ross rifle. It shows that Viscount French and Sir Douglas Haig strongly advised the authorities to: substitute the LeeEnfiold rifle, because it was more reliable for rapid fire. The men were losing confidence in the Ross rifle. Viscount French instances that three thousand of the Ist Canadian Division, without authority, substituted the Lee-En-field. from their British comrades who had been put out of action. Viscount French said he would not send the 'division into battle until the remainder were similarly armed. Sir DQugla-s Haig pointed out after the Ypres fighting in May, 1916, a battalion of the 3rd Canadians a,pplied for ,LeeEiifields because the Ross so often jammed - during a German attack. Sir Douglas Haig decided that the whole Canadian Corps ought to be armed with Lee-Enfields, and the Army Council adopted his advice.
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Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 27, 31 January 1917, Page 8
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157A RIFLE QUESTION Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 27, 31 January 1917, Page 8
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