1 DECEMBER 1917, Page 13

General Plumer, the famous commander of the Second Army, has

been appointed to command the British forces in Italy. No man has done finer work on the Western Front than General Plumer, whose victory at Messinea last June was a model of skilful planning and brilliant execution. In sending him to Italy the Government have shown their determination to do their very utmost for our hard-pressed Allies. The late General Maude's commend in Meso- potamia devolves upon his Chief of Staff, Lieutenant-General Marshall, an admirable soldier who went to France as Colonel of a battalion in the " First Hundred Thousand," and won rapid pro. motion by sheer merit.