The King, who always does of his own accord what
his people would have wished him to do, made a special -visit to the front last week, and spent Good Friday and part of Saturday in inspecting the armies which are withstanding the German onslaught. The King travelled over three hundred miles in his motor-car to many parts of our lines. In .a letter to Sir Douglas Haig the King said that he had seen some units recently withdrawn from the .front and had heard the officers' and men's accounts of a week's bard fighting. He had also seen troops entraining for the front, and had visited the casualty clearing-stations. "The impression left on my mind," wrote the King, "is that no Army could be in better heart, braver, or more confident than -that which you have the honour to command." The King's thanks to Sir Douglas Haig and the Army express the sentiments of the whole Empire. "We at home," the King concluded, "must ensure that the man-power is adequately maintained."
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