Comment from The Mail offering a general view perhaps (11,4)
I believe the answer is:
observation post
'a general view perhaps' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'comment from the mail offering' is the wordplay.
'comment' becomes 'observation' (observation is a kind of comment).
'from' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'the mail offering' becomes 'post' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'observation'+'post'='OBSERVATION POST'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for observation post that I've seen before include "Lookout point" , "army's advanced viewpoint" .)