Evening star., 1923-11-03
British Peers Brother to Wed
Alice Perkins, u. S. Heiress

an entirely inadequate force OF some
$4,000 completely. exhausted men. the
onslaught of LudendorfY's well rested
resiments of over 100000. Realizing
the heavy odds. he begged in vain for
support. but failed to receive 1t un-
I'll the line which he commanded was
bent inward, though never broken.
II was bent to an extent that brought
the Germans once more almost to
the very gates of Amiens, until succor
tardily arrived and the Germans were
hurled back and started on the road
TO ultimate defeat.
II Sir Hubert Cough and his fifth
army We're compelled to bend back
their line in order to avoid it's break
ing at any point, it was because there
and that the near thirty miles long
line OF his front was too thinlv held.
the British fighting strength in
France having been allowed by the
Downing street and Whitehall au-
thorities to run altogether too low
Yet, at the very time, 100000 troops
were being held In England through
discreditable and purely political
intrigue. Had these reserves been
IN. IN vlsIsI France; as demanded by Field
Coughs line would have never been
compelled to bend. But the fact tina t
1t had bent created such a panic In
England that it was necessary to find
scapegoat in order to satisfy public
clamor. And so Gen. Sir Hubert
and sent home to England as re-
sponsible for the bend in his line.
being denied court martial or even
a court of inquiry
Fortunately for Sir Hubert, while
he was held up to obloquy by the
politicians, he was warmly praised
by HIS commander-in-ch -chief, Field
Marshal Lord Haig, and by the prin-
cipal generals and military experts.
who did not hesitate to proclaim tina
II he had not held his line. even If
bent, and If he had allowed 1t to
break. disaster to the allied cause
would have inevitably followed and
Amiens and the channel ports would
have fallen into the hands of the
enemy.
That King George shared the opin-
ion of his principal military advisers
and leading generals to the effect
that Cough was entitled to the high
est praise in lieu of any censure of
condemnation is shown by the fact
that as soon as the war was over he
bestowed upon Sir Hubert the grand
cross of the Order of ST. Michael
and st. George, and now another
government has made still further
reparation for the cruel Injustice to
which he was subjected by parlia-
ment in March, 1918, by appointing
him governor general Of all the for
mer German colony of East Africa
that was one of the fruits Of the
allied victory, a colony Of great wealth
and population of 10000 and an
acreage Of 100000 square miles.
Sir Hubert, who is only just turned
fifty. and is a son of that splendid
old Victoria Cross hero, the late Gen
Sir Charles Cough. belongs to q
family which, haiIIng from Wiltshire
has been settled in ireland since the
reign Of Queen Elizabeth, and which
has played a notable role In the
military history Of Great Britain and
in her conquest of India. Its present
galway man. is just turned thirty and
lost his left arm as major of the
Irish Guards In the great war. He
is now stationed at Bagdad in com
mand of native levles. His father,
the late lord, spent many years at
Washington as secretary Of the Brit
ish embassy.
The first viscount Cough. besides
conquering the Punjab for the Brit
ish empire, took part in the entire
peninsular campaign, under the great
Duke of wellington. and also as COM
mander-in- chief of the war In China
in the early years Of the reign of
| Queen Victoria. capturing the great
Chinese city Of Canton. He was q
great character in his way, and the
Irishmen in his armies nicknamed
him "Oul Faugh-a-B -Ballagh" (pro-
nounced "Fawydbollo"), which may
be translated "Clear the way" The
field marshal was so pleased with the
characteristic sobriquet that he Sc
cured the permission of the crown to
add It to his family notices and to
his armorial bearings.