"THE IRISH AT THE SOMME"
Ouo of the chapters of Mr. MacDonagh's book opens with a quotation from an Irish M.P., who gravely told the House that under Irish tunics there beat as brave hearts as under the kilts of tho Scots I Not being skilled in anatomy fl-'e make no comment. Of a Dublin Fusilier, limping buck wounded from the trenches, aided by a war correspondent, the following:— "It is a dreadful war," said tho sympathetic correspondent. "It is indeed, sir; but suro 'tis better than i\o war at all." A ehy, sentry seemed fair game for an inquisitive officer:— Officer: "What are you hero for?" Sentry: "To look out for anything unusual,, sir." Officor: "What would you call' something unusual?" Soutry: "1 don't know until I seo it, sir." Offioor (sarcastically): "What would you do if you savr five battleships steaming across tho field?" Sonlry: "Tako tho pledge for life, sir."
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 200, 13 May 1918, Page 4
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153"THE IRISH AT THE SOMME" Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 200, 13 May 1918, Page 4
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