Make no mistake about it. Great Britain is determined to fight this war to the finish. We may make mistakes, but we do not give in. It was the obstinacy of Britain that wore down Napoleon after twenty years of warfare. Allies broke away one by one, but Britain kept on. Our Allies on this occasion are just as solid and determined as we are.

April 1916. Extract from ‘Why the Allies will Win. An Interview with the Rt. Hon. D. Lloyd George, Minister of Munitions, by the Editor of the Secolo of Milan’. Published by The Daily Chronicle, London. [SPEC S/D525 (P.C. 62)]. This week’s war: 88.