The Irish At The Front
Michael MacDonagh
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BEING THE SECOND SERIES OF "THE IRISH AT THE FRONT"
BEING THE SECOND SERIES OF "THE IRISH AT THE FRONT"
Author of "Irish Life and Character"...
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MAJOR WILLIAM REDMOND, M.P. ROYAL IRISH REGIMENT (IRISH BRIGADE)
MAJOR WILLIAM REDMOND, M.P. ROYAL IRISH REGIMENT (IRISH BRIGADE)
This war is a war of liberation, and its battle-cry is the rights and liberties of humanity. From the very beginning of the conflict my colleagues of the Irish Party, and I myself, have availed of every opportunity in Parliament, on the platform, and in the Press, to present this view of it to the Irish race at home and abroad; and despite the tragic mistakes made in regard to Ireland by the successive Governments which have held office since war broke out, we are still unshaken in our opinion t
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FROM THE REVIEWS OF THE FIRST SERIES
FROM THE REVIEWS OF THE FIRST SERIES
Westminster Gazette. —"Mr. MacDonagh has crammed into a small volume an almost incredible number of thrilling stories of great deeds, whether of collective dash and daring and endurance or of individual heroism. He has found his material in the letters of officers and men and the conversation of those who have come home, as well as from the records compiled at regimental depots; and he has utilised it skilfully, avoiding too frequent quotation and giving his reader a connected and fluent narrati
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THE IRISH AT THE FRONT
THE IRISH AT THE FRONT
The Times. —"'It is heroic deeds entering into their traditions that give life to nations,' writes Mr. John Redmond in his preface to Mr. Michael MacDonagh's The Irish at the Front . The phrase sums up the aim and temper of the book, which is designed to bring home to English, and especially to Irish, readers the magnificent service of Irish soldiers in the war and the sanctity of the cause for which they fight. It is an appeal to Irishmen not to let the national effort flag, for the sake of the
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SOME RECENT WAR BOOKS
SOME RECENT WAR BOOKS
BRITAIN AND THE WAR. By André Chevrillon . With a Preface by Rudyard Kipling . Cloth, 5/-net. HURRAH AND HALLELUJAH: The Spirit of New Germanism. A Documentation. By J.P. Bang , Professor of Theology in the University of Copenhagen. Second Edition. Cloth, 5/-net. COMRADES IN ARMS: Vignettes from the Trenches, the Artillery Zone, or Behind the Lines. By Captain Philippe Millet . Translated by Lady Frazer . Cloth, 3/6 net. FALSE WITNESS: The Authorised Translation of "Klokke Roland." By Johannes J
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