WHERE WAR IS INVISIBLE

Waikato Times, Volume 87, Issue 13245, 29 July 1916, Page 1 (Supplement)

WHERE WAR IS INVISIBLE

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'I In re i.i ;i i- 'iiin i it: ~_. • .< :it rn- | »,v>n aut ('in- road*. « •! im In lore <i; ; reaches 11 oiii' passes a noi'fo '• •:<•«- lulvjsing motorists to -i >u i\,>\\" m readiness for n dangerous tin That mrning i- si ill ilaii'icious. ihoiiu.li no longer from the pr.ini o| view of collision. Indeed.' 11 i fur safer to lake it. Nt full speed. for thereby the ri-k of oollidinp; with a hell or stray linlhd is considerably rcdmid. Hero the visitor ffin cnthci a voi\ lair idea of the iainnus Flancloi ■ mud. lCv<'iv raxity and- depression v\: - lull of wat"r it- i\ frozen over on Ihe il:i\ I visited the Wnes. f»nd one could onlv marvel nl the magnificent rmtioncc and enrinranjee of ihc* men who stood for hours and day* I op tx> the knees in what was niroti«all\- a freezing mixture. XoTrjUove'along ihc lino is w-'r more invisible' than in 1' landers. laterally • bore is ro thing lo ho scon. A misty Ef*V lnc- of trees, a ruined farmhouse a stalv> or two with tarried barbed wire-thai ftli there is to show where \ the enemy i« tying. X+i there is always tho haunting imprewion ever present on the front that unseen hostile eyes are watching. There is a cerium sand rhino, seaiwlv to be dis-tinjrfiishod from other R°nd dunes, exeunt tb'nt rovbae* ** is a little higher. None iho less, ii 3* itapwtact to nee that re-olcr,carß'nro 4»rn «p ««* °l *'£"* °f tn )f " tfflf »t j* in <?e»Wn * IR ° r 'V^ nMt

r pp«r'-'"ts tHew » spot where, barbed f wire entanglements can be- concealed from the enemy's artillery, to prove at : the moment of the assault a laud obStadeh There you will find neat rows ■ of stakes intertwined with that deadly barrier which , has done so much to change the whole system of warfare. Occasionally the bare expanse iibroken by a good-sized wood. In such flat country the.cover given by trees is invaluable. Indeed, the undergrowth of a coppice is a lar mote povvoriul defence tnau the strangest wall of a. mediroval castle. Such a word may hold a regiment, a. brigade, a division, a veritable army, and its resistance could only j lie overcome at terrible cost by an. eneI my that hail completely .surrounded ii j - 'die i.tsk is almost impossible.

It, is :. desolate,, melancholy country, j nnd mi ilie stranger the only gay thing | tdioiii, it is the windmills. Ilight up j within I he z.u'.c of lire they continue to ■, throw in. their arms with extravagonc j L1 ..tnii's 10 the skies, working away ; si, i,|il\ :ii their d.tily tusk, despite t'.ie invader with true Belgian persistence :M! ,l iil>s:';uacy. Sonic of them have been lunula;, d by the enemy's shell, ,n;il I saw had only a single sail I,Mi. which still stood nprigln ns though ■l« i\Jivr; the (loniums a few hundred I v.l nli tiway. In ihi- land cl dykes and canals, perI-;,]., ill,, mot interesting features a ,- e :!,,. inrniidal le barricades which pn vent [n,. ||o<'d water Item reaching the sea, j

.11 d maijitain the inundations w Inch I lin-ii ; e line* They arc such barrier.-! j : > I- nl e| .evviiere along the front been .;,i..',| mi laid hack tin* barbarians— ' t!;ini-ands „f sandbags neatly pileii i ne ~, ih . ot'h r and in lime of frost, whe i : i tr i id« i> lev, .ei v ered wilh an armor ~; ~~. A. aiiisi st'.ch iTi-nn ndou-. ob--iai Us no bombardment ran heeifectivu \ | uck v shell may displace a score o" ( '.\o i ; sandbags, lut they can be re- ( placed aim ist. v\ ithout dohn and the __ whole Karri- ris onlv the sirnng**. >• _ it, i. with the bridges; if takes many | v M oiv .1 hi- rroieclihs beie.e n bridge j s i, dtn«a"cd anil th,n thed.ima.ro can hj.» j „ ~.. aired in a, few hours and the whine |

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