Just before the moment fixed, men could see clearly: in half a minute all was blotted out.

The eighteen huge land-mines in whose shafts our second line had been so often billeted were now at last exploded and the sky was full of powdered earth, with God knows what other fragments.

In that darkness the troops went over.
For once staff-work and execution harmonized perfectly; the success was complete, and the sacrifice small.

The Irish raced for their positions, and no one could say who was first on the goal.

News of the victory quickly reached London--great news for Ireland.