[82] See Debate of April 22nd, 1915. Mr. Bonar Law gave some striking instances.
[83] Among the other members of that Committee were Mr. Balfour, Mr. Montagu, Mr. George Booth, Sir Herbert Llewellyn Smith, Admiral Tudor, and General Von Donop. Mr. Lloyd George made on April 22nd, 1915, a statement in the House of Commons as to the work achieved by this Committee.
[84] See his statement to the Journal correspondent in September 1917.
[85] “I saw a statement the other day that the operations, not only of our Army, but of our Allies were being crippled, or at any rate hampered, by our failure to provide the necessary ammunition. There is not a word of truth in that statement.” (Loud cheers.) Times report.
[86] See the full account in Lord French’s “1914.” His statements have not in substance been affected by the controversies which have raged round this book.
[87] Lieutenant-Colonel Charles A’Court Repington, C.M.G.
[88] See the Times leading article. But on May 18th Mr. Asquith said in the House of Commons that the despatch was censored in France and Mr. Tennant added that it never came before the British Censorship. The open official chagrin at its emergence into print is one of the most significant features of the whole episode.
[89] Of all munitions, not only explosives. It proved subsequently that the chief want was big guns for the high-explosive shells and that the smaller guns were better suited with shrapnel.