The British official communiqués in regard to the fighting during
the week on the Vimy Ridge have been so reticent that it is exceedingly difficult to say exactly what has happened. All we know is that at the beginning of the week we lost a con- siderable stretch of trench line to the Germans, and that, though some portion of it has been recovered by our counter- attacks, the Germans still have the advantage. The enemy, of course, assert that our losses have been very heavy, but say little or nothing about their own. To pretend that the news has been received in Britain with any show of panic, or even of depression, would be absurd. The nation realizes that it has got to take plenty more of the rough before it reaches the smooth, and it will require a great deal more than the setback on the Vimy Ridge to shake our determination, or even our imperturbability.
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