A BATTLE SCENE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11511, 6 October 1915, Page 6

A BATTLE SCENE.

VIVID PICTURE OF LOOS. THE TURMOIL OF WAR. By Telegraph—Prwa Association—Copyright. (Received October fi, 2.30 p.m.) LONDON, October o. A vivid picture of the Loos battlefield is given by Mr Phillip Oibbs iri the "Daily Chronicle." Ho writes: 1 went to-day to the centre of tho great battlefield, where heavy fighting is still goiii£ oil. I .stood near the famous Loos redoubt. A little distance away, looming grim and gaunt- against, the grey sky, rose tall .steel columns of mining works. I can hardly put into words a picture of tho scenes through which I passed and tho dread till aspect of tho battlefields upon which the. sun shone with splashes of light through t'.torm clouds, the turmoil of war in the background, thousands of men moving in steady column forwards and backwards in the queer tangled way they do in battle." " Vast conroya and transports choked tho roads with trains of motors and ambulances packed with wounded men and infantry plodding through tho slush and slime.. Heroes of battle j passed and repassed in do mo masses and j small battalions. Legions of tall lads, 1 who a few months ago marched in j smart trim down English lanes, trudg--1 od under tho burden of heavy packs, 1 their smartness soiled by war, but ' splendid because of their hardiness and endurance. It is a, long way to walk through the narrow trenches towards tlio Loos redoubt, and tho smell of death is in the narrow, winding ways. A soldier killed at tho entrance way knelt with his head bent as though in prayer. SOOll the roar of tho guns was incessant, very close/'