Mr. Punch’s History of the Great War
few words have gone farthest in the war. A "History of the Russian Revolution" has already been published. The pen may not be mightier than the sword to-day, but it manages to keep ahead of it.
With fresh enemy battalions, as well as batteries, constantly arriving from Russia, the Italians have been hard pressed, but their great assault on San Gabriele has saved the Bainsizza plateau. The Italian success has been remarkable, but the
TRIALS OF A CAMOUFLAGE OFFICER
Sergeant-major: "Beg pardon, sir, I was to ask if you'd step up to the battery, sir."
Camouflage Officer: "What's the matter?"
Sergeant-Major: "It's those painted grass screens, sir. The mules have eaten them."
Russian collapse has prevented it from being pushed home. On the Western front no great events are recorded, but the mills of death grind on with ever-increasing assistance from the resources of applied science and the new art of camouflage. Yet the dominion of din and death and discomfort is still unable to impair our soldiers' capacity of extracting amusement from trivialities.
The weather has been so persistently wet that it looks as
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