25 NOVEMBER 1916, Page 1
On the Western front there has been little to report
during the week other than the cleaning up and consolidating of the battlefields of the Ancre. The more that splendid victory is looked at the more satisfactory it becomes. The main fact of course is the capture of nearly seven thousand unwounded prisoners in a battle which had less than seven fighting days in it. In addition to this, the positions gained possess great tactical advantages. They are the stepping- stones from which we shall yet rise to higher things. As for the men, they are daily self-surpassed.
