The survivors of the band of distinguished British War Correspondents on the Western. Front, known as the "Big Five," are reduced to two, Sir William Beach~Thomas and Sir Philip Gibbs, by the death of Sir Percival Phillips who has been Preceded in his passing by Sir Perry Robinson, of "The Times" and Sir Herbert' Russell of Reuters. Phillips represented the "Daily Ex~ press," Gibbs the "Daily Chronicle" and ' Beach-Thomas the "Daily Mail." 'Their special distinction was recognized by the award to each of them the Knight Commander ship of the Order of the British Empire, a decision which had peculiar' importance for Phillips, An American by birth, he had gravitated to London under a scheme for the interchange of Journalists by the two countries.
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