The news during the week from Sir Douglas Haig has
been alto- gether admirable. On Monday, true to plan, we renewed our attack in the Arras region on a front of about ten miles. That attack went on throughout Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, but by Wednesday evening it was slacking off. Since Monday we have taken well over three thousand prisoners, plenty of guns, and a great deal of ground. What is even more important is that the Germans have felt it necessary to make counter-attacks of the most desperate character. These counter-attacks, however, have in every case failed, with the result that the German losses have been appallingly heavy. How great has been the effect of the German failure on their moral may be read in the strange German com- munique dated April 24th. It is one of the strangest documents of the war. What it says and what it tries to conceal are equally significant. But though for the moment the advance has been checked, it must not be supposed that there is any real pause. Sir Douglas Haig will press and push his enemy with unceasing vigour as long as he has a man and a gun or a foe in front of him.
