WEATHER INFLUENCES ON BATTLE.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 3, Issue 251, 27 November 1914, Page 2 (Supplement)

WEATHER INFLUENCES ON BATTLE.

''lk; wen I her lias ofton served Britain A heavy thunderstorm at Crecv .lack-Lngli-sJi kept thwr bo«* eased, and B uf. mx nothing and , to come to mod*'times, tlv gallant Devon* made their nous charge nt Waggon Hill, LnJJ buck * ' ut their

It buuly fating that fogs should «|. so Jiavo aided us at times. It H aa * wavy mist that allowed Marlborough o get Jus army across the Scheldt ol< 'oi'gh the enemy had gathered to disputo the passage. Anson was onco served by a fog. which enabled him to slip through a trench fleet unobserved. Jsuow and frost have always hindered rather than helped, though the terrible "inter in the Crimean War showed that "o could rise superior even to sucb handicap*; and Colonel Kelly's march across the snow -covered mountains to the relief ut ( Intra! showed the name.

MAKING HISTORY. When the defenders „f Lego held the Germans at bay so splendidly they added a new and glorious page' to history. Lvery soldier in the forU, every man and woman in the town was determined to tight to the end for the honour of their country.

It is pleasant to remember just now that th« industrial importance of Liegs is due almost entirely to on KuglitJinian. John Coekerill, who founded the great armament works in that town. The Belgians have named one of their principal rpiays alter him, and his stat. ue -lands in Seraing, n town close by. Cocker ill's motto was "Courage to 11)0 Inst." and the Belgians have made it the row 11. His country's history is very dear to tlie lieait of the llclgian, n fact which was well illustrated in the year 1903. This was when certain alterations v.cro being made to the Royal Palace ut Brussels, which tho King has recently- placed at the disposal ol the Red Cross coal ugent.

The improvements nm] alteration! made it 6eeni necessary to pull down tb« Uollevuo Hotel. This hostelry, however, endeared itself tu the pcojtle iu the revo. liilinii ol ISTi, in which it played nil important part -on one occasion » single up on the roof and bhot twenty ol the enemy- and so strong was publ c opinion against allowing it to ho touched that the ylienie had to he abandoned by the authorities.