“We have just passed through the most critical week in the history of Europe and or democracy since the Napoleonic era. We are about to enter upon another even more critical.” This was E. Ashmead-Bartlett’s summation of what no amount of praise for the courage of the Allied troops could camouflage – a very serious situation with the Germans breaking into France having forced the Allies to retire a relatively considerable distance. Pages 6, 7 and 8 cover the situation was best they can, and seek to stress that our men are still in a position to stop this advance.