zing-g-g

Updated: May 6, 2025

Our first question was, of course, "How far is it to the German lines?" and in his eagerness to see, my fellow Tommy jumped up on the firing-bench for a look, with a lighted cigarette in his mouth. He was pulled down into the trench just as a rifle cracked and a bullet went zing-g-g from the parapet precisely where he had been standing.

James Norman Hall - Kitchener's Mob: Adventures of an American in the British Army