David Lloyd George access to the Cabinet so as to bypass Kitchener. However, he did succeed in securing the appointment of Sir Eric Geddes to take charge of military railways behind British lines in France, with the honorary rank of major-general. Lloyd George told a journalist, Roy W. Howard, in late September that "the fight must be to a finish – to a knockout", a rejection of President Wilson's offer to mediate. Lloyd George was increasingly frustrated at the limited gains of the Somme Offensive, criticising General Haig to Ferdinand Foch on a visit to the Western Front in September (British casualty ratios
The Phantom of the Opera (Andrew Lloyd Webber song) the screen. In the "Behind the Mask" documentary, Richard Stilgoe described the video as "wonderful, as over-the-top as you can get". Cameron Mackinstosh said: "Ken Russell came up with the most brilliant, outrageous video. It's fantastic fun, and completely over-the-top, which of course Andrew and I loved." The British guitarist Hank Marvin did an instrumental version of the song on his 1997 album "Hank Plays the Music of Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber". The song "The Phantom of the Opera" was covered in 1998 by Charlotte Church and Peter Karrie. It was covered in 2002 by the Finnish symphonic