15 JULY 1916, Page 11

THE NEW BRITISH SOLDIER.

ITO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."'

Sin,—" The new British soldier is for all practical intents and purposes proving himself, we will not say as good, but of exactly the same mettle as the old " (Spectator, July 8th). The Duke of Wellington speaking to Samuel Rogers (Recollections of the Table-Talk of S. Rogers) re- marked : " I have found that raw troops, however inferior to the old ones in manoeuvring, are far superior to them in downright hard fighting with the enemy : at Waterloo the young ensigns and lieutenants who had never before seen a battle rushed to meet death as if they had been playing at cricket."—I am, Sir, &c., BERTITAII C. FALLE. 05 Piccadilly.