The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others . themselveswere, and equipped with heavy artillery and machine-guns,both of which weapons were lacking to the British in anyeffective numbers. Probably 60 per cent.—perhaps more—of the British army were killed, wounded, or captured, butin the end the British still held Ypres. Great Britains pro-fessional army practically perished at Ypres, but its tradi-tion became imperishable. Unlike the Spartans, who diedin defeat, the British had held the Calais gate
The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others . themselveswere, and equipped with heavy artillery and machine-guns,both of which weapons were lacking to the British in anyeffective numbers. Probably 60 per cent.—perhaps more—of the British army were killed, wounded, or captured, butin the end the British still held Ypres. Great Britains pro-fessional army practically perished at Ypres, but its tradi-tion became imperishable. Unlike the Spartans, who diedin defeat, the British had held the Calais gate. Jlen whorealized afterward the magnitude of the British effort, re-called what is perhaps the most familiar of all passagesquoted from the prose writings of John* Milton :=• Methinks I see in luy mind a noble and puissant nation, ronsinsherself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invinciblelocks. Methinks I see her as an eagle, mewing her mighty youtli,and kindling- her undaz/.led eyes at the full-mid-day beam: purgingand unsealing her long-abnsed siglit at the fountain itself of heavenly iin Frniii the © L-ILLUSTRATION, PARIS FROM UNDERWOOD a UNDERWOOD. N GEORGES CLEMENCEAUMade Premier of France on November 17, 1917, wben 7t» years old 259 ON THE WESTERNFRONT radiance; while the whole noise of timorousand floekino birds, withthose also that love the twilight, flutter about, amazed at what shemeans. Ypres promised to remain for the British and the Canadiansthe greatest fact thus far in their experience of the who came to Flanders in 1917 and in the lastdays of September rewon Zonnebeke and its surroundingwoods, might in their history rank Ypres with thus seemed assured of a place in British imperialhistory above all other battlefields. The solidarity of theempire Germany had sought to destroy was demonstrated atYpres by sons from all the British lands in the Seven Hill 304, or Dead Mans Hill, or the
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