ABSTRACT

In June the Germans had about reached the high tide of their military successes. On the Western Front they still held the initiative, but their attacks were beginning to flag. From June onwards all branches of the Supreme Command were engaged in taking stock of the situation with a view to a decision when and how the hideous business was to be brought to an end. Lloyd George in his opening statement on June 11th attributed the situation on the Western Front to the collapse of Russia, delays in the development of America's resources, the exhaustion of the own Army by the events of 1917, and to the advantages derived by the enemy from a single command. Inevitably, however, with events moving fast there was a good deal of overlap, but the threatened confusion was mitigated by the fact that Lloyd George presided at all the meetings.