ON THE LONG TRAIL

Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 280, 23 November 1918, Page 14

ON THE LONG TRAIL

Once more Into the hre.ich, my lads, the breach ttiat we have made. With horse :ind foot nnd tnnks and planes and guns; And all tlie little fitments of the modern soldier's trade. Designed to shift and Jinrry up the Hnns! Once morp n**ross tho coun X-vy wiiorp the too was slttlnc tipht With another finsli for Paris In his eye. He hn» left a lot of little thingß behind him In his (light. But we'll talk about the booty by-and-by. Here's a general of division being chivvied by a tank And displaying qnite a pretty turn of speed An undiKiitfled position, but he's got himself to Ihnnk If he lets thEt horrid monster get the lead. Her.- are enemy machine kuds that can do an extra turn. Which the I'riUee think excessively unkind; But aaitinK the many things a British soldier has to learn Is to use whatever weapons he may find. Here's a Prussian Cnard battalion with the label. "Also ran," Which the French chasseurs are causing much distress. It is ilouMlcs.- a retirement on the UidendortlLin plan. But it suits us very nicely none the less Don't think Hint we liikiitliiu it's- v iifiioloj. to Berlin. An.'! the klim k-mit blow for F.-ity. has heen bestowed; We've a long, lnni: trail before us. but we've S<it tbe will to win. And we've passed another milestone on the road! TOUOrrSTON'E. In the "Daily Mail" of Aacus* S.