"ABSOLUTELY EPIC."

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 82, 7 April 1915, Page 5

"ABSOLUTELY EPIC."

PRIVILEGE TO BE FXGBTXHG. ST. PATRICK'S DAT AT THE FRONT. (rimes and Sydney Sun Services.) LONDON, April 6. An officer writes: "On St. Patrick's I Day I saw a number of men sporting sprigs of shamrock, in their cape. An Irish flag materialised from somewhere, and was stuck at the top of the parapet amidst a burst of cheering. Shortly after a Union Jack was placed by the side of the Green Ensign. Everyone was wildly enthusiastic. The whole trench, burst spontaneously into the National Anthem. It was quite unrehearsed and sounded splendid. "Thank goodness,* continues the writer, "it is spring. 'Warm sunlight means movement, the drying up of the&e abominable marshes, and a great advance which will terminate this wicked war. It is a great prospect, a line 200 miles long on the west and another linedouble the length in the east, sweeping irresistibly onwards until they finally crush the German armies between them. I hope I may be there to see the end. It is an enormous privilege to take part in this war.

"Apart from the question of right and wrong the whole thing is absolutely epic. ; Everything is on a colossal scale. Millions of'men are struggling over the map of Europe. Gigantic guns are hurling tons of metal with every shot. Hundreds of factories are feverishly pouring out supplies of munitions. Yet when one is hauled out of bed in the morning these high falutin views vanish."