Show TIME WORKING ON THE SIDE OF THE ALLIED ARMIES LONDON Dec 9 2 40 p m Of ma jor tact ca operations by the Brit sh forces tl ere recent y has been an entire absence nor for some weeks has any 1 stra eg cal advantage been won In a geo graph ca sense s nee there has been no ad antage and no gain in ground Co one E D Swlnton the Br t sh eye ! w tness on t e battle front In F ance and Be g um under date of December 6 thus sums up the s tuation He adds however hat whi e there has been no advance by the allies the e has been a onstant strateg c prog ess n that time s wo k Ing on the r s de T e ema nder of he account e ates to the 1 ghter inc den s at the f on em phas zing pa t cu ar y he good fee ng i which ex sts between he 73 h and he Fren h so d ers and French popu ace There cou d be no more co d a re a t ons the Brit sh observer writes There never has been anj sort of fric ton This appears to be al the more ema kab e when t s remen bered how many t ousands of men are th own to I ge her and that w ne is the common dr nk of the country |