The British Campaign. in France and Flanders r July to
November, 1918. By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. (Hodder and Stoughton. 7s. 6d. net.)—This sixth volume completes a valuable record of the British share in the war on the Western Front. The detailed account of each part of the battle-line in the successive offensives is instructive and very convenient for reference. The author is content as a rule to chronicle achieve- ments, and does not try to emphasize even the victories which were of special strategic importance, like the capture of Mont St. Quentin., or the storming of Queant, or the Midlanders' wonderful crossing of the canal at Bellenglise. All the British and Dominion troops performed marvels : their endurance in itself was amazing. The author rightly points to the steady and continuous pressure exercised on the retreating enemy for three months on end as the final cause of his sudden and irretrievable collapse. The volume contains a. few inadequate maps. To follow the narrative intelligently the reader must supply better maps for himself.
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