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Updated: July 23, 2025
But he seemed not to be noticing the shrapnels in the least. He was stretching his neck to inspect the left wing. "There!" he cried indignantly. "D'you see, Captain? The miserable cur is down on his face again. I'll go for him!" Before Marschner could hold him back, he had dashed off. But half-way he stopped, stood still, and then turned back in annoyance.
We have now been brought to the south of Ypres and continue this depressing life in advanced trenches. Not a quarter of an hour's respite: shells, shrapnels, bombs and bullets fall around us continuously. How courage has changed with this modern war! The hero of olden times was of a special type, who put on a fine pose and played up to the gallery because he fought before admiring spectators.
In vain do the gunners of "Puffing Billy" throw percussion shells to drive the herd towards their lines. In vain are shrapnels timed to burst in a shower where Carbineers sweep round like Indian scouts to herd the startled horses back.
"That's what these are supposed to be," replied the lieutenant in a terrible state of excitement; "the shells are absolutely useless." "Fire at the forepart of the Satsuma with shrapnel," rang out the command from the wall. "Shrapnels from below!" ordered the lieutenant, and "shrapnels from below" was repeated by the man at the lift into the 'phone leading to the ammunition chamber.
At luncheon time they lay about behind the guns smoking cigarettes, and I was glad, for each of their shots seemed to wreck my own brain. At a neighbouring village things were more lively. The enemy was turning his fire this way. A captive balloon had signalled the position, and shrapnels were bursting close. One shell tore up a great hole near the railway line.
Where the weapons had been destroyed or lost in the mad scramble, the soldiers fought like gorillas, tearing one another's flesh with teeth and nails. On all sides houses were on fire, and the falling beams and walls, the bursting flames, the showers of descending sparks, and the bursting shrapnels killing friend and foe alike, created an indescribable jumble.
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