7 OCTOBER 1916, Page 1
The only difference, but it is essential, is that Cromwell's
New Model superseded an inefficient type of army. Ours only outdoes the old Army in one respect—it is more numerous. The old Army, the Army of Mons, remains the Theban band, the most heroic force that ever took the field, as the men of the New Army are the first to acknowledge. The young soldiers speak with bated breath of officers and men who were—" in the retirement."
