But, you must remember, a small minority of workmen can throw a whole works out of gear. What is the reason? Sometimes it is one thing, sometimes it is another, but let us be perfectly candid. It is mostly the lure of the drink. They refuse to work full time, and when they return their strength and efficiency are impaired by the way in which they have spent their leisure. Drink is doing us more damage in the war than all the German submarines put together. D. LLOYD GEORGE AT BANGOR. _February 28, 1915._ [Illustration] _The Crown Prince: "Isn't it an enjoyable war?"_ _William: "Perhaps, but hardly as much so as I anticipated"_ To sum up, the German General Staff has placed upon its record since the beginning of the campaign--apart from the failure of its great plan, which aimed at the crushing of France in a few weeks--seven defeats of high significance, namely, the defeat of the sudden attack on Nancy, the defeat of the rapid march on Paris, the defeat of the envelopement of our left in August, the defeat of the same envelopement in November, the defeat of the attempt to break through our centre in September, the defeat of the coast attack on Dunkirk and Calais, and the defeat of the attack on Ypres. _French Official report, February, 1915._ [Illustration] _A LETTER FROM THE GERMAN TRENCHES_ "_We have gained a good bit: our cemeteries now extend as far as the sea_" The wastage of German effectives is easy to establish. We have for the purpose two sources--the official lists of losses published by the German General Staff and the notebooks, letters, and archives of soldiers and officers killed and taken prisoners. These different documents show that by the middle of January the German losses on the two fronts were 1,800,000 men. These figures are certainly less than the reality, because, for one thing, the sick are not comprised, and, for another, the losses in the last battle in Poland are not included. Let us accept them, however; let us accept also that out of these 1,800,000 men 500,000--this is the normal proportion--have been able to rejoin after being cured. Thus the final loss for five months of the campaign has been 1,300,000 men, or 260,000 men per month. _French Government Official Report._ _March, 1915._ [Illustration] _NEUVE CHAPELLE_ _Order of the Crown Prince of Bavaria: "You must give those English heavy blows."_ _Tommy to prisoners after Neuve Chapelle: "Weren't they heavy?"_