Originally Posted by
Asturias56
the quotation was from Chug - whose record on documenting and calling out deficiencies stands pretty solid I think.
The statement that there is a clear out in almost all armed services after the start of a major war is a historic fact
No. It took a long time in the Great War, and then part of the cull was a natural death. Also Smith-Dorrien was sacked unjustifiably for saving II Corps [and ultimately the army].