The most striking and gallant incident in the second battle
of Ypres was the counter-attack of the Canadians. In spite of the poisonous gases to which they were exposed, they charged the enemy and retook a considerable line of trenches, and then, in spite of the fact that the line had given way both to their left and right, held a position in almost complete isolation for nearly twenty-four hours. Their losses, as was inevitable, were very heavy, but they have won by their daring and their steadiness a title of honour which can never perish, and have gained the gratitude and admiration of the Motherland and of the whole Empire. One needs no report. to know that every Australian and every New Zealander at the Dardanelles is at this moment thinking of the Canadians with pride, and also burning with the desire to show that the mettle of the men of the South is every whit as good as that of those of the North.
