2 MARCH 1918, Page 17

The Journal of the Royal United Service Institution for February

(6s.) contains an important article on the battle of Charleroi, in August, 1914, by Major T. E. Compton, and a highly instructive translation of " A German Captain's Narrative of the Rush towards Paris." On August 4th, 1914, the German Captain notes that the Army " were very much astonished as well as pleased to learn that we had to invade Belgian territory." He describes the brutality shown by his men to Belgian civilians, gives some account of Mons and Le Ordeal', and admits that the Mame was a defeat and nearly a disaster.