We remember reading that in the South African War the
Boers fired all one night at a red light in a field outside Mafeking. The strangeness of the light worried them and kept them restless. They did not know what it might mean. But it meant nothing, except that it had been placed there by some one who had penetrated the temperament of the enemy and thoroughly understood the gentle military art of spreading distraction. The spirit of Gideon and the spirit that created the wooden horse at Troy lives on through the ages, and it is very encouraging to know that the Italian leaders possess it. By Wednesday night the pursuit of the AuArians had begun. New bridges were being thrown across the Isonzo and the old ones were being repaired. Many guns and a great amount of munitions were captured. At the time when we write the prisoners who have been brought in number Over twenty-one thousand. The future is full of promise for
Italy. The Isonzo line has been pierced at its strongest point. The Austrians had lavished thought and money on the defences, and no doubt thought them impregnable.
