And, although we can't quite sympathise with his suggestion that detachments of sappers and miners be employed in the spring-time, in Arctic (and doubtless also Antarctic) regions, in blowing up icebergs and otherwise facilitating the operations of old Sol, we give the ingenious Frenchman credit for at least as much philosophic acumen as we ourselves possess: and Heaven only knows how superb a compliment we thus convey!

In nesting season it killed the brush sparrows, the mild-eyed moose-birds, and the tree-sappers.

"As soon, Sir, as the Sappers can build a bridge that will carry them," I replied....

Slowly but surely the sappers passed from house to house, until at sunset they reached the point desired.

By way of preparation, the British sappers and miners had spent an entire year in mining the earth beneath the German positions, and the offensive was begun with an explosion so terrific, when the mines were sprung, that it was heard in London.

Little did he know the resource and capacity of our Indian sappers and miners, our Engineer and Pioneer battalions.

But this was child's play to our Sappers and Miners.

The descent into the Swat Valley is not nearly so easy; beasts of burden as well as foot passengers have to pick out their way, but a company of Bengal or Madras sappers would in a few hours clear all difficulties sufficiently well to allow a mule battery to keep up with infantry.

The court of France did not recognize in those plausible philosophers, whose writings had such a charm for cultivated intellect, the miners and sappers of the monarchy.

Col. Colby had suggested to the Ordnance Department that Capt. Henderson and several sappers should be sent to use the measuring bars, and it was so arranged.

Finding this morning that Yolland (who called on me as soon as I had closed the letter to you) was perfectly inclined to go on with the tide observations at Southampton, and that his corporals of sappers were conducting them in the most exemplary manner, I determined on starting at once.

The common people do not know what to conjecture, but have some notion that the "sappers and miners" are to build a bridge to admit the charge of cavalry into the island.

It gave continuity to the regiment of Sappers, so that what each man did increased or tarnished its fair fame.

No cause could be assigned for the explosions we had heard, but we were informed subsequently that, by the orders of our commander, the magazines or bells of arms belonging to the two native regiments had been blown up by a party of sappers in the fear that they might fall into the hands of the rebellious sepoys.

Have done with this nonsense, monsieur, or you will find yourself transferred to the sappers, where you would have harder work and duller plumage.'

Finally, even sappers, if they knew how to read, became nobles all the same.

It is estimated that within a fortnight the Belgian sappers and engineers destroyed property to the value of £16,000,000.

The German, true to his character of the world's worst loser and winner, leaves behind him all manner of booby-traps, some puerile, many diabolical, which give our sappers plenty of work, cause a good many casualties, and only confirm the resolve of the victors.

[Illustration: THE FINAL TOMMY;(ex-footballer): "We was just wipin' them off the face of the earth when Foch blows his whistle and shouts 'Temps!'"] These are only some of the heroes who have added to the glories of our blood and State, but the roll is endlesswonderful gunners and sappers and airmen and dispatch riders, devoted surgeons and heroic nurses, stretcher-bearers and ambulance drivers.

Sixty-five vessels composed the fleet, bearing six regiments of infantry, one of dragoons, the Queen's hussars, artillery, sappers and miners, engineers, and eighteen pieces of cannon, besides incalculable quantities of arms and munitions of war.

Also stacks of timber for shoring up mines which sappers would dig beneath the enemy trenches.

In its brevity this narrative of a sergeant of sappers is more eloquent than long descriptions in polished prose.

They are the van-guardthe miners and sappers of returning despotism.

the nine-hole course, although flat, is not stale, and need not be unprofitable, unless you are fallen uponas I wasby two stalwart Sappers, sons of Canada and potent wielders of the cleek, who gave me enough to do to keep my rupees in my pocket and the honour of the mother country upheld!

I went straight back and told the Town Major of Ripilly that one of the new divisional huts was being occupied by the Sappers.