BRITISH ARMY CANNOT SHOOT AND HAS A LACK OF LEADERS
LONDON', July 21 (Recd. Bpm). “The British Army cannot shoot,” said Major-General C. F. C. Coleman, General Officer Commanding South-west-ern District, addressing Army cadets at Dorchester. “If the Army could only shoot a bit better we would be well on the way to clearing up the trouble in Malaya,” he said. “In 1914 the British Army was a very fine shooting army. That was brought out at Mons and afterwards, but it does not apply today.” Major-General Coleman said another of the Army's difficulties was leadership. There was no difficulty in finding senior officers, but the Army could not get young non-commissioned and commissioned officers. It was not major-generals who went into action in Malaya, but young lance-cor-porals and subalterns leading half-a-dozen men.—Special Correspondent N.Z.P.A.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 22 July 1950, Page 5
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