clitch-clatch

Updated: August 14, 2026

Almost before the recoil is finished the breech is opened and another round thrust in, and the breech closes with a clitch-clatch of its own. A few seconds later corrections come over the telephone and another shell goes speeding overhead. With the infantry, however, Petewawa is a different matter. To them it means manoeuvres; and every soldier knows what manoeuvres mean.

Frederic C. Curry - From the St. Lawrence to the Yser with the 1st Canadian brigade