16 FEBRUARY 1945, page 8

The New Model Army

By S. H. F. JOHNSTON T HREE HUNDRED years ago, on February 17, 1645, the ordinance providing for the formation of a " New Model " army was finally passed. The germ of the idea......

France Settling Down

By D. R. GILLIE The Government stepped into a situation at the end of August in which the real power was held locally by committees of libera- tion, linked loosely to the......