SIR HENRY RAWLINSON.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16870, 7 June 1918, Page 4

SIR HENRY RAWLINSON.

| tieneral Sir Henry Kaw'.tnson, who lias j ' been appointed to command the hifth i j British Army in place of tieneral Sir , j Hubert lough, has taken a prominent : ! part- in the war since the very beginning. ; ' When the Germans made their attempt to rush through Belgium and gam the mastery of the Channel, Sir Henry Ravvlin- ■ son. then a major-general was in com- : mand oi the Fourth Army Corps, and lie ; was sent to Belgium to help the Belgian ! troops. lie had barely time to v>it Ant- j werp to ascertain the position when the. I port fell and the retirement began. His 1 1 men fought Lard ail along the coast, and ; . afterwards played a considerable part in | i the first battle of Ypres. At the head of ' i the Eighth Division he shared in the ; ' dory of Neuve-Chapelle, and in the ; So mi lie offensive of 1916 he was leader of : the Fourth Army, and aided by Sir Hubert 1 tiotigh, at the head of the Fifth Army, | . i"e controlled the operations of very large, ; • forces. General Rawlinson was the man ; ■ mainly responsible for the German defeat, ! and Sir Douglas Haig wrote : " It is im- I i possible to speak too highly of the great 1 i qualities displayed throughout the battle | 1 by these commanders (Generals Rawiinson . ! and (lough). Their thorough knowledge or ' , the profession and their cool and sound ! : judgment, tact and determination, proved , , fully equal to every call on them, and I they entirely justified their selection for ! ; such responsible commands." The field- | ; marshal again wrote eulogistical!}" of Gen- j ! eral Rawlinson for his work during the i I resumed offensive on the Ancre. General : i Kawlmton is in his tifty-titth year, and : : he became a full general at the end of j 1 1017 I