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Show GENERAL HUBERT GOUGH, of Ulster fame, who is winning praise for his ; masterly pursuit of the re- treating Germans. J - . t V ' GOUGH'S PURSUIT IS TERMEDMASTERLY Use of Artillery in Somme Retreat of Teutons Very Effective. LONDOX, March 31. Military experts ex-perts here bestow great praise on General Gen-eral Hubert de la Poer Gough, of Ulster fame, for his close pursuit of the retreating re-treating Germans on the Somme. Instead of using cavalry against the foe, General Gough maintained contact by the methodical and destructive use of artillery. Tho Paris Matin says tho result was that the GermauB were caught in their own trap and their retreat re-treat for a time became almost a rout. In the Ulster trouble Gough, then a colonelj received prominence as one of the ofheers who threatened to resign if British troops were ordered to force Ulster into acceptance of homo rule. |