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acterized them all through that campaign.
They meant to have Monastir. It was a sentiment,
a soul-craving with them. Winter was
coming on, and here they were in the year that
was to give them back their country, still in
exile, still practically where they were twelve
months ago.
It was a tragedy within the Great Tragedy.
It is difficult on the spot and at the time to read
a situation aright. But, as far as one could
make out, exhausted France didn't want to go
on, especially with uncertain Greece in the
background. Her generals realized that the
fall of Monastir would be only a sentimental
victory, a waste of blood that would lead
nowhere. But, almost against their will, they
were driven on by the force of public opinion
here and at home. Monastir was a place easy to
discover on the map. It was big enough for
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Our Military Correspondent to find out a
great deal about in the encyclopaedia.
In our minds our stay at Neokazi will always
be associated with a plague of mice. It was
about that time that they started ravaging
among our clothes. British arms, tunics,
sleeping-bags and underclothing — nothing was
safe from them. That particular stretch of
to have more than its share of
country appears
field-mice and crows. The latter, indeed, are