It is impossible here to do move than briefly touch on the many interesting developments which are so well and accurately recorded in this volume. The author had the advantage of being on the spot. He lived with the mon ho writes about, and if he is inclined te gloss over their faults who shall blame him when he is writing of men wha were all heroes? It must be left to the reader to follow the "six bob a day tourists' from their camps in Australia through the Indian ocean and so to Egypt. During their journey it was known to them that the Emden might cross their path but none guessed she was only 52 miles away when one of their own escort, the Sydney—<detached herself from the conv and made the ocean safe by destroying the raider.
The pages devoted to the training in Egypt are well worth the serious consideration not only of those interested in intensive training of troops but of those who can only recall] the "orgies" in which the
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