Fifth column activity in these exercises has introduced another ele-Ment of contusioa—and also of humour. Bogus military policemen, innocent "soldiers on leave," and even bogus war correspondents have operated in the battle area to keep our troops constantly vigilant for treachery, German agents, must indeed be baer if they can emulate the feats of these amateurs, The lesson of discretion is being learned, yet, in an official car with &. condi ing of-cer, I was "blown up" and riddled with imaginary bullets by the 16-year-old cadets of a Yorkshire college who saw something suspicious in the fact that om car [4 Dis M fat, of 1 side or other, Nothing we could do or say would induce them to let us pass, Perhaps the most encouraging feature of all is the increasing physical fines of our troops. They are prepared to march their 35 miles a day would with full equipment, sleep under hedges, wade through rivers and then fight at the end. I have seen some of our toughest soldiers, belonging to various regiments and training specially for guerilla tactics and combined operations with the Navy, scale ing a cliff with full equipment, including Bren guns, These men, educated in the complete simple life. combine some of the attributes of Boy Scouts, Red Indians end shock troops, Utmost From Every Weapon We are told frequently that men cannot fight agains; machines, but even the best machines are useless in Week and irresoute at. then, e best safeguard agains, successful invasion, apart from tactical considerations and the multiplication of machine and weapon power? It is to obtain the utmost from every man and every weapon. This was one of the aims of. It-Gen. T. R. Eastwood. the newly appointed Army commander, during the recent Northern Command exercise. Afterwards he exoresned the opinion that we must make still further efforts in this direction.
In addition. i is. his purpose to in-éulcate a spirit of constan? alertness: feeling that there is no end to exer. cises, that the army must (as, in fact, civilians also must) be ready at any time of day or night.
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