Daniel McCay [SEP] position held
Daniel McCay
Daniel McCay is an American politician and a Republican member of the Utah Senate representing district 11. He was in the Utah House of Representatives representing District 41 from 2013 through 2018. McCay did not win his seat via election, as he was appointed by Republican Governor of Utah, Gary Herbert to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Carl Wimmer.
Early life.
McCay earned his BEd and MEd from Utah State University, and later earned a JD from Willamette University. McCay lives in Riverton,
's “undue optimism was one of the direct causes of failure” of the attack at Fromelles. In the Official History Wilfrid Miles later wrote scathingly of the lack of preparation and the pointlessness of an attack by inexperienced troops, to seize a position which they could not possibly have held against counterattacks, and blames First Army for not cancelling the operation.
Harold Elliott later (in 1930) criticised Haking for exaggerating the amount of artillery that would be available, and for attacking without surprise. He exonerated McCay and argued that