Daniel Desmond Sheehan

“ And what a wonder that they should, seeing that they had held out for a whole day against seven battalions of German infantry, three batteries of artillery, many cavalry and several machine-guns.
Surely, as a great writer remarked: — "If ever surrender was justifiable, it was so in these circumstances." Their achievement was so mighty as to appear almost superhuman. The glory of it can never fade, nor the honour it brings to the fighting fame of the Irish regiments. ”

“ A few days previously this same regiment had covered itself with glory. They were entrenched behind six guns of Field Artillery when a host of Uhlans swept down upon the battery and killed the gunners. What would our redoubtable Munster boys do but instantly charge the Germans with fixed bayonets, and put them to immediate flight. Then the problem was what to do with the guns. All the horses had been killed. The Germans were re-forming for attack, and a deadly fire was pouring upon our men. But to abandon the guns was a thing not to be thought of. ”

“ It was in truth a splendid military achievement, and the brave Irish regiments contributed not a little to its success. They accomplished what have been justly described as "feats of unparalleled heroism and endurance." ”