shell-bowling

Updated: May 31, 2025

One cannot but admire the courage required to sit coolly like that with nothing to do but watch the enemy firing deliberately at them see the discharge, and then await the arrival of the shell as it comes whirring and hurtling through the air. With what critical interest they must watch improvement in the enemy's shell-bowling! One was forcibly reminded of cricket bowling at Elandslaagte.

George Lynch - Impressions of a War Correspondent