shrapnel-practice

Updated: May 26, 2025

I fancy they were only a skirmishing rear-guard, for after a bit of shrapnel-practice we moved on, and had a long, tiring day of slow marching and halting, with scattered firing going on in front and on the flanks. The country must demand great caution, for the bush is thick now, and whole commandos might be concealed anywhere. We camped on an open space just at dark.

Erskine Childers - In the Ranks of the C.I.V.