. Kitchener's army and the territorial forces, the full story of a great achievement ;. events of the war, and especially the gallantwork of the Royal Artillery. Certainlythere was much to be learnt from the war which was being waged concurrentlywith their training, there were splendidexamples to be faithfully followed. TheRoyal Horse and the Royal Field Artilleryhad figured in every one of the earlier en-gagements, and every battery had done thework of six, to use the words of a Generalin commending the conduct of the retreat from Mons had been accom-plished by the British o
. Kitchener's army and the territorial forces, the full story of a great achievement ;. events of the war, and especially the gallantwork of the Royal Artillery. Certainlythere was much to be learnt from the war which was being waged concurrentlywith their training, there were splendidexamples to be faithfully followed. TheRoyal Horse and the Royal Field Artilleryhad figured in every one of the earlier en-gagements, and every battery had done thework of six, to use the words of a Generalin commending the conduct of the retreat from Mons had been accom-plished by the British only with theaid and by the superhuman eflort of theArtillery. Gallant L Battery of theRoyal Horse Artillery had served the gunsto its last man, and by its devotion had suc-ceeded in holding in check the major por-tion of Von Klucks advance regiment. Inthe dust of summer, amidst the gales andrains of winter, the tireless batteries wereconstantly on the mo\e, the cracking whip ofthe driver sounded across the sodden fieldsof Flanders as the stained and discoloured Kitchener s A rmy lOI. :ekies of artillery forming up to come into action. limbers swayed and bumped over ploughedfield and ditch. There was hardly a littlecopse or wood in the North of France thatthe Royal Artillery had not utilised to hidetheir guns, to veil the presence of theirprecious weapons from enemy airmen whomoved above them backwards and forwardswith an inquiring- eye. Never an infantrycharge developed but Artillery supporthad first made the assault possible. In one particular instance we were toldin a despatch from the Front:—Forten minutes the Royal Artillery shelleda patch of ground, their shells fallingwith extraordinary accuracy, and burst-ing with a precision which was almost mar-vellous. They made possible the assaultwhich the Guards Brigade delivered at theexpiration of that time. The same thing might with equal truthbe said of every attack which the British Infantry delivered. Courage, precision,hig
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