NEWS OF THE WEEK.
SIR DOUGLAS HAIG'S Special Order of the Day, thanking the British armies under his command for their part in the Allied victories, is an historic document. In a month they have, as he says, repeatedly defeated the German armies before whose vastly superior numbers they had to retreat last spring. The Allies have taken seventy-five thousand prisoners and seven hundred and fifty guns in four weeks of fighting, and are advancing victoriously. That, he tells his men, "speaks for the magnitude of your effort and the magnificence of your achievement." " We have passed through many dark days together," says the Commander-in-Chief. " Please God, these never will return. The enemy has now spent his effort, and I rely confidently upon each one of you to turn to full advantage the opportunity which your skill, courage, and resolution have created."
