4 MAY 1918, page 2

Mr. Lloyd George In Answer To All The Criticisms Explained

that, as General Trenehard had resigned and had not been dismissed, it was merely a question for Ministers whether it was wise to accept his resignation. The Cabinet asked......

The-house Of Commons On Monday Discussed The Recent...

the Air Service, and the Government gave no explanation what- ever of the most regrettable resignation of General Trenchard. We will not say that the loss of the inestimable......

It Was Announced On Wednesday That - Mr. Duke, After His

brief and calamitous term of office as Chief Secretary for Ireland, had been appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal in the room of Sir Charles Swinfen Eady, who was promoted to......

What Then Are We To Say Of The Loss Of

such a man as General Trenchard in such circumstances ? As Sir Edward Carson declared, the Air Force-felt that with the departure of General Trenchard it had " lost its soul."......

The Admiralty Announced On Tuesday That It Had Obtained...

of the fact that the hospital ship ' Guildford Castle' was deliberately attacked by an enemy submarine on March 10th in the Bristol Channel—well within the zone where Germany......

The Resignations Of Sir Hugh Trenchard, Chief Of The Air

Staff, and of Sir David Henderson, Vice-President of the Air Board, were followed on Thursday week by the resignation of Lord Rothermere, the Air Miniater. In a letter to the......

Sir Douglas Haig, Who Has Had Nothing To Report Since

Monday night, has congratulated the 9th, 25th, 31st, 49th, 21st, and 19th Divisions of the Second Army on their magnificent performances, first in the battles south of Arras,......

Mr. Macpherson, Who Has Been Under-secretary For War...

Lloyd George formed his Ministry, has been appointed by Lord Milner to act as Vice-President of the Army Council and Deputy Secretary of State. Lord Derby held a similar......

Within A Year Of The Capture Of Baghdad, Our Military

authorities have brought three hundred thousand acres of land in the Euphrates Valley under cultivation. Mr. Edmund Candler, the British Press representative with the Army,......

General Allenby On Tuesday Began A New Move Against The

Turks east of the Jordan. Our infantry moved due east to attach the enemy in the hills, while our cavalry, taking a north-easterly route, advanced within two miles of Es Salt,......

General Marshall In Mesopotamia Began Last Week An...

force along the caravan road leading northward from Baghdad by Deli Abbas - to MosuL Last Saturday he occupied Kifri, a hundred miles north of Baghdad. The Turks retired in......

Sir Harry Verney, Who Had Just Returned From The Front,

declared that from Sir Douglas Haig downwards there was " a universal feeling of disgust " in the Army at the dismissal—so apparently it is called out there—of General......