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
Boots Who Made the Princess Say, "That's a Story" Boots Who Made the Princess Say, "That's a Story" "Boots Who Made the Princess Say, 'That's a Story'" or "The Ash Lad Who Made the Princess Say, 'You're a Liar'" is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in "Norske Folkeeventyr". It is Aarne–Thompson type 852. A princess was a constant liar. The king said that anyone who got her to say "That's a lie" would marry her and get half the kingdom. After many had tried, three brothers did as well, and when it was the turn of the youngest son (named Boots in