The Great Push

ON and ever on is the command. The ceaseless thunder of the mighty guns, the rat-tat-tat of the machine guns, the crack of the rifle, the poisonous gas and the scorching flames, the death-dealing bombs, the whirr of the airplanes, the charging of the eager hosts, all the effective strength of modern warfare must be used to its utmost now. The enemy has to be pushed back, to be defeated: this is the high command. And so the “Great Push” goes on. As a poet says: