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Machine-guns gibbered like maniacs. Heavier artillery was brought into play behind the British lines, apparently at no great distance from the village; the very flag-stones of the cellar floor quaked to the concussions of big-calibre guns. Through the breach in the wall echoed the screams and groans of wounded. The foul air became saturated with a sickening stench of iodoform.
They'll be low-velocity, but we can use big-calibre balls for shock effect, and with long barrels they ought to serve for a hundred yards or better. Smooth bore, of course." Denham stirred. His lips were pinched. "I'll design a gas mask," he said restlessly, "and Smithers and I, between us, will do what we can."
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