27 MAY 1916, Page 1
This may seem to be a rather cold analysis of
the battle of Verdun, but we can assure our readers, British and French, that we have never for one instant forgotten the splendid heroism of the French soldiers, their steadfastness, their promptness, their resource, and their daring. What Gibbon called " the martial ardour " of these splendid men has never been dimmed. " Hats off, gentlemen," to the men who held and hold the trenches on the Meuse.
