SIR JOHN FRENCH'S DISPATCH.

HC Deb 20 April 1915 vol 71 c180

64. Sir WILLIAM BYLES

asked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether the dispatch of General Sir John French describing the battle of Neuve Chapelle is published in its entirety or only selected passages from it?

Mr. TENNANT

In its entirety.

Mr. HOGGE

How is it that Lord Kitchener only took three days to fill up the ranks which had been depleted, and that it took the War Office a month to publish this?

Mr. TENNANT

Surely it is very much better to take action quickly than to speak quickly.