The shells scandal that brought down a government

In May, 1915, The Times military correspondent, Colonel Charles Repington, sent back a particularly shocking account of charging British infantry being mown down in droves because there wasn't enough high explosive to shut down the enemy machine-gun positions.

This video tells how his report, published in defiance of government censorship, caused an uproar that brought down the Government.

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Between today and Armistice Day, November 11, revisit this blog for daily updates on the closing weeks of the war from The Times of 90 years ago.