Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-15
WAR, MYTHS AND ECONOMICSLN THE NEWBOOKS
RECENT WAR BOOKS FROM
ENGLISH AND TEUTON ANGLES
Origin Of the Fighting Tanks s-Work Of Dorcr Patrol
Apologies by Tupits and Faltenhoyn

Days Of Glory" is the sketch book
of veteran war correspondent at the
front in the great war. The wet" is
none other than Frederic 'Nilliers,
whose career goes back to TEX el-Ke-
ber, the Turkish atrocities In Serbia
Of forty years ago. Port Arthur and
many another battle which is now almost
forgotten except by the professional
diplomatist and historian. His draw
ings are graphic, full of action and full
Of something more important-of hu-
man interest. The book opens with
Philip Gibbs. one of the most note
worthy of the war correspondents de-
veloped by the recent world war.
Major Clough Williams Ellis and A..
Williams Ellis are the joint authors of
THE Tank Corps an authoritative
and genuinely interesting account of the
origins, the development, the strategic
value and the actual accomplishment OF
this new engine Of warfare, one Of the
| original contributions of the recent war
TO military art and science. There is
an informing introduction by Major
General II. J. Files, c. B.. ID. s. o..
who was the commander in the field
of the British tank corps, from its for
nation to the armistice.
THE Dover PATROL is a stirring
narrative by its commander, Admiral
| Sir Reginald Bacon. X. G. B., X. Z
v. O., d. S. O.. of the notable srd
war winning work accomplished by the
! British fleet protecting the transit from
England to France and Belgium. In
the skulking of the German grand fleet
at its protected bases there was nc
chance for a display of sea warfare OF
great and brilliant scale and the worl
Of the Dover patrol was by the nature
| of events rather routine, except for thu
| ferretiug out of submarines and thu
protection of the coastline and th'
transports. But il was not lacking II
its excitements and its thrills. Bott
the strategy employed and the adven
lures experienced are we'll told by th'
commander.
Admiral Sir Percy Scott. X. c. Il.
X. c. V. o., and Hon. LID. Of Cam
bridge University. has written piquan
and interesting book. In Fifty Year
in the Royal Navy" he sets down th'
recollections of lifetime Of sixty fiv'
years. half a century of which wa:
spent in the armed service of his coun
Try. Il' tuN'Itu lut navy "h'u hIOS
of its ships were wind propelled and b,
retired when modern science had revo
mtionzed motive power. guns and al
the other paraphernalia of a great navy
His account Of naval evolution is yer!
instructive. Many important names o
nersons and places and the admiral
impressions of them liven up his pages
In The German General staff an,
Its Decisions. l914-1016.' Genera
Erich von Falkenhayn. who was tn
German imperial minister of war il
1914. at the outbreak of hostili
lies and later the imperial chief of staff
tells from the inside the consideration
which were motive and dominant in tn
strategy Of the first two years of war
fare from the German viewpoint. II
reveals many secrets Of opposition T.
; his decisions at critical times and argue
for the merit of his actions. OF cours
the volume has much special pleadin
and the general is by no means beyon
being a self -apologist. but his book
one which must be read and weighe
in formulating any definite opinion o
the strategy of the first half of the war