crack-k

Updated: May 12, 2025

"Good morning," banged four-point-seven; "have you used Long Tom?" "Crack-k whiz-z-z," came the riving answer, "we have." "Whish-h patter, patter," chimed in a cloud-high shrapnel from Bulwan. It was half-past seven in the morning of November 7; the real bombardment, the terrific symphony, had begun. During the first movement the leading performer was Long Tom.

G. W. (George Warrington) Steevens - From Capetown to Ladysmith: An Unfinished Record of the South African War