Ian Hay

Carrying On-After the First Hundred Thousand Ian Hay

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The First Hundred Thousand closed with the Battle of Loos. The present narrative follows certain friends of ours from the scene of that costly but valuable experience, through a winter campaign in the neighbourhood of Ypres and Ploegsteert, to profitable participation in the Battle of the Somme. Much has happened since then. The initiative has passed once and for all into our hands; so has the command of the air. Russia has been reborn, and like most healthy infants, is passing through an uproarious period of teething trouble; but America has stepped in, and promises to do more than redress the balance. All along the Western Front we have begun to move forward, without haste or flurry, but in such wise that during the past twelve months no position, once fairly captured and consolidated, has ever been regained by the enemy. To-day you can stand upon certain recently-won eminences-Wytschaete Ridge, Messines Ridge, Vimy Ridge, and Monchy-looking down into the enemy's lines, and looking forward to the territory which yet remains to be restored to France.


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