Chapter 27 THE FINAL PHASE

A LITTLE PESSIMISM-HANGING ON-THE BLIZZARD-FROST-BITE AGONIES-PATRIOTISM AND CRITICISM-TALK OF EVACUATION-"THE FOOL ENGLISH"-KITCHENER COMES-LAST DAYS-THE DIE-HARDS-THE GREAT EXODUS-FAREWELL TO ANZAC-A GLORIOUS FAILURE

Days dragged drearily on. Pessimism peeped into the trenches. Later in the solitude of the dug-out pessimism stayed an unwelcome