---
title: Improvement Era
description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930.
authors:
  - Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations
collections:
  - periodicals
tags:
  - magazine
  - improvement-era
periodical: Improvement Era
volume: 21
number: 3
published: 1918-01
publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations
publisher_place: Salt Lake City
language: en
type: magazine
reference: "Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “Lieut. Gen. Julian Byng,” *Improvement Era* 21, no. 3 (January 1918): 252–254."
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2103unse
  transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers.
  identifier: improvementera2103unse
start_page: 252
end_page: 254
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1918-01)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2103unse
  publication_year: 1918
  note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1918, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright.
---

# Lieut. Gen. Julian Byng

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Lieut. Gen. Sir Julian Byng, K. C. B., who, under the supreme com-

mand of Gen. Haig, commands the British forces on a part of the western

front in France, who broke through the Hindenburg line to a depth of five

miles along thirty-two miles of the old Somme front. The attack was begun

without artillery preparation and the Germans were taken completely by

surprise. The British infantry and tanks have pressed on and captured the

second system of German defenses. The new drive stretches from St. Quen-

tin to the Scarps. He later attacked Cambrai from before which he made

a strategical retirement from an "awkward position" on the salient between

Noyelles-sur -l'Escant and Bourbon Wood. Lieutenant Byng commands the

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Canadian corps. He is the seventh son of the Earl of Stratford, and joined

the army thirty-four years ago. On the outbreak of the war he was made

commander of the Third Cavalry Division. Later he was given command

of the Cavalry Corps and then of the Ninth Army Corps. He has achieved

great success in handling the Canadian troops, who are often called "Byng

Boys."

The Germans, about the middle of December, were massing fresh

troops from the Russian front to attack the English and French.

The "Truth," a New Mission Pamphlet

Raymond W. Peck, Muncie, Indiana, Nov. 4: "Gratifying success is at-

tending our efforts. We have many earnest investigators, so many that we

can scarcely find time to visit them all. The Relief Society organization,

which has been incomplete for some time, has been reorganized and is

doing excellent work. The new mission pamphlet entitled Truth has

touched the hearts of many and opened their eyes to the real beauty of

the doctrine of "Mormonism." One lady who was not at home when the

missionaries called, but received the pamphlet later, was so eager for more

that she wrote to the mission office for information. She said, upon our

visiting her, "the message is one that brings satisfaction and peace to the

soul." The time is at hand, we feel, when more people will listen to our

message than ever before. We read the Era with great interest. It keeps

us abreast of the progress in Zion, and allows us to share the joys and

thoughts of others. The group represents the elders and missionaries la-

boring in the city of Muncie. Back row, left to right: Amelia Randall, Cen-

terville; Ruby Fisher, Salt Lake City; front: Wallace Johnson, Tooele;

Lorenzo J. Ward, Iona, Idaho ; Raymond W. Pack, Baker, Oregon.

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