It seems slightly surprising that the main writing about the Halifax explosion today is a mournful leader on page 6, with only several short reports across on page 7 to bring the news up to date. Instead pride of place on that main news page is given to Philip Gibbs’ lengthy resumé of the Battle of Cambrai, whilst G. Ward Price files a lengthy despatch about the British army on the Italian Front which rather amusingly ends up with a plea for cigarettes to be sent to them. These two and the latest on Russia, where the British Ambassador attempts to unruffled some diplomatic feathers and anarchy is apparently spreading fast in Petrograd (pages 7 and 8) make up the main reportage of the day, even if it might not be in the case of the first two much in the way of news itself.