Before the Leaves of Autumn Fall
... THE Prime Minister's prophecy, made at the Guildhall on June 30, 1943, when the Freedom of the City of London was conferred on him, was in the following terms Very probably there will be heavy fighting in the Mediterranean and elsewhere before the leaves of autumn fall. B The fight in Italy is now on. The leaves are falling with the autumn rains. In London they are fluttering down to the ...