9 May 1915 Destruction of the Steelbacks

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Member Since: October 2006 Posts: 6,889 Send Message	RolloTheRed	Report	10 May 2020 18:02
	Aubers Ridge was a ghastly failure, which threatened to undermine the authority of the Commander-in-Chief, Sir John French – indeed the subsequent Shell Scandal toppled the Liberal Government. The Secretary of State for War, Lord Kitchener only just survived, because political attention was perhaps conveniently diverted to another, larger failure, at Gallipoli. https://tinyurl.com/ycl2zxbw
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Member Since: March 2011 Posts: 17,432 Send Message	JoyLouise	Report	10 May 2020 21:04
	Alas, lions led by donkeys springs to mind, Rollo. I don't know who coined that phrase but sometimes it was deadly accurate. One lion leading lions springs to mind - Admiral Andrew Cunningham in WW2; his flagship the Warspite.
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 16,020 Send Message	Sharron	Report	10 May 2020 21:16
	Admiral pound wasn't much of a lion when it came to Convoy PQ 17 was he?