Possible Clues:

• Military scout's position
• Comment by Mail showing advanced viewpoint?
• Comment from The Mail offering a view typically taken by a major employer
• Comment from The Mail offering a general view perhaps
• Comment from half of 14 across is a general view perhaps
• No meat on Fridays, for example, for half of 14 across - it's the view of those forces against evil perhaps
• Comment on dispatch showing military position
• Point of view from Mail following comment
• A military point of view
• Comment by mail showing army's advanced viewpoint