United Kingdom: From Early Centuries the History: TWO (Part)

British History. From Early Centuries the History. Such compromises were easy to make in autumn 1914 when the excitement over the outbreak of war was high causing a crush of enlistments and when it was still generally believed that the war would be over within six months. By spring 1915 however enthusiasm for the war began to cool and recruiting fell off. Moreover Asquiths government seemed to have lost its grip on affairs; newspapers carried reports of an inadequate supply of ammunition on the Western Front and on May 15 the first sea lord Adm. John Fisher resigned. The Conservative leader Andrew Bonar Law under pressure from his followers to take a stronger stand announced that his party would demand a debate on the conduct of the war. Asquith quickly offered to form a coalition thereby ending the last Liberal government. The coalition consisted of Liberals Conservatives and one Labourite.