World War I
Regular battalions of all the Irish regiments were included in the British Expeditionary Force which left for France, at the outbreak of war, in the early weeks of August, 1914. For its size it was the finest Army that the world has ever seen, in equipment, discipline, and mar...
That plain Cross of bronze, with the simple motto, "For Valour," is the most honoured and coveted military decoration in the world. It has been won in the present war, down to t...
9. CHAPTER IXIn which mood do soldiers generally go into battle--devotional or profane? An observer of authority, Mr. J.H. Morgan, professor of constitutional history at University College,...
12. CHAPTER XIIIn order to be able rightly to appreciate the honour and glory of the Victoria Cross, it is necessary to know the conditions regulating its bestowal. A tradition has been establ...
5. CHAPTER VThe most terrific thing in the bombardment of the southern end of Gallipoli by the British Fleet, from the AEgean Sea, on Sunday morning, April 25th, 1915, was the roar of the _...
1. CHAPTER IRegular battalions of all the Irish regiments were included in the British Expeditionary Force which left for France, at the outbreak of war, in the early weeks of August, 1914....
8. CHAPTER VIIIThe objective of the new operations was the last crest of Kiretsh Tepe Sirt, or, as some call it, Kislah Dagh--a continuation of the Karakol Dagh, which the Munsters had taken--...
6. CHAPTER VIAt the dawn of Saturday morning, August 7th, 1915, the AEgean Sea and the Gulf of Saros, to the north-west of Gallipoli, were swarming with the most variegated collection of shi...
4. CHAPTER IVMany a desperate engagement has been fought from Ypres in the north to La Bassee in the south. Neuve Chapelle, St. Eloi, St. Julien, Festubert, Givenchy, Hooge--to mention a few...
10. CHAPTER XWhat a stirring story of Irish gaiety and resolution is that of the charge of the London Irish Rifles in the great advance upon the mining village of Loos, on Saturday, Septembe...
2. CHAPTER IIThe British Expeditionary Force was driven through Northern France before a mighty and irresistible wind of steel and lead, but the tempest did not overtake and disperse them, a...
3. CHAPTER IIIIt had become evident that the design of the Germans, then hacking their way through Belgium, was to reach Calais and Boulogne so as to cut the direct communication of the Briti...
7. CHAPTER VIIFor five days and nights the Irish troops who took Chocolate Hill, or Dublin Hill, on Saturday, August 7th, lay in the captured Turkish entrenchments before they could be reliev...