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-MAJOR CORRIGAN'S STORY. SYDNEY. Sth February. ■Major A. A. Corrigan (of Wellington), who 16 returning from a visit to England, ha.s been interviewed here. He said that while at Home he was attached to the Royal Marbles, and was subsequently sent on a stah 1 mission to France, his duties taking him to Nieuport, Avbero he visited the firing line and the trenches, and witnessed an important | series of engagements. Major Corrigan gives an interesting account of tho terrible effect of shell fire, and the general devastation caused by war operations. He declares that tho system of dealing with the wounded is. wonderfully complete, and the organisation remarkable. Within hnlf on hour of being struck, a wounded man i.s in hospital. The bravery of the Germans is undeniable, but sadly lark in" m uiitiative. German priaonere seemed to be overjoyed at being taken. Major Corrigan does not expect that the war will la*,t long. If tho prosont steel grip i* kept on the Germans, ho would not be surprised to ?ee it ended by October or No\ ember next. "The only question," he said, "is that ot sufficient men, and they will be avail- i able."' v.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 33, 9 February 1915, Page 7
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