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never had a chance. First caine the torrent of our shells, and then the Welshmen, with
rifle and bomb and bayonet. Many of the Cockchafers are men of fine physique, and
must be good soldiers. But they met better, and were fairly smothered from the start.
Among the interesting minor booty which we found are copies of a regimental poem
celebrating the valour of the Cockchafers," telling how, in 1870, they flew to France
and desolated it, and how, in this war, when called to fly over the Rhine, they took wing
and Belgium ceased to exist. Then Hindenburg called to them and they flew east and
broke the Russians. Then Austria called, and south they went, and flew over the Car
pathians, and how the British gnashed their teeth when the "Cockchafers" swarmed out
against them. It is quite a nice poem, but it needs another verse.
The whole organisation of the attack seems to have been magnificent. Here, as
elsewhere, our system of transport and the behaviour of the transport troops was splendid,
so that supplies were reaching the Welshmen on the ridge by 3 o'clock that afternoon.
Over the dreadful shell-swept ground this is not to be achieved without real heroism, and
in battle after battle our transport service has shown that it is manned by heroes. As
always, too, I have heard the greatest praise of the gallantry of the runners who carried
messages backwards and forwards in all stages of the battle while it was going on.
By kind permission of "The Times."
By kind permission of the "Daily Sketch."
TYNE COT MEMORIAL (PASSCHENDAELE).
Upon this Memorial, which was unveiled on June 19th, are inscribed the names of
35,000 officers and men who fell on the Ypres battlefields, and whose graves are not known,
supplementing those which appear on the Menin Gate.