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~e OMmaDlo .tld , 8udd~nl1 ap red 10 ' o\'c~­
whelming numbeR, and the Br\t.l8 were forced
td retire. Th6 8yQth 'Yalee Bo~ were Itt lho
rc:t~e,at. &lid they were plodding a OIlC" wi~b all
8~. .. 'Valt. .. mlnut<c, old ehuru,' cned Corpl
Pu,h iA> .Ina oomnde Pt.,,_ Black', .. 'm gcloting a
bit. bJpwn. l 'm not. 10 you ng IU!I J onoo was,"
ISo' the two la.y down to getthcU' breath., A2I lbcfl
~ait.ed 1h
darlene.. th&y notlood spurt.oof Ramo
oomUl,g from
f'armho~ noar by-twidc.ntlYI- R.
ntUIn wu oonocalcd iticre-a'Dd it. was dOInG: ~
101; of damage t.o lobo retrealmg Brlt"h
tw6 W e1&hn\('n had Just
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" Come on, ' yot!

can't .ilcnco that
~Py crept

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liglJ.ted tort'h before them,
their"handa a.nd Itqeet,
h~ them? Jf ' ~, It.
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Th IS~ast triP to
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bockl to frna t.he trenches

water to a. part of the

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llch ncllJ' our gun poslt.lOn tbat. ....mll UlIOccrtPled
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It. up with sn.ndbags a.nd mud, lind
t.hen ba~lro It. empt.y. Wlt.hiu half au bOllr It. Vi'tts
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w~ a.t.t.a.ckec1
by aour,
royal
cbtU :l.ud
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m lj)IUA of, water and slept tili noon

I ~woke to fl~ anoth€.'r of 0"'''1.''-...4''
111 1 tha 6AJUe OOndltlOll
The
tJ 4 u1. into the t.rcllc.h beforo 'n, fi r(',

'"l . .hid rn.-conal.ructod tho "homet"
ftoor :f1l.S ra.iJolod and boaruoo Q.boli~
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f cot &Ifo"e iJie l Vlater Nice new atnuv Vi'3.lI
L'Iopread on.lt, an4..~'Ip 1.\>;0 aia ones crawled back {9
Uw now bed and tt~Wrullr w(mt off to sleep aga.Jn.
Next morn I II8.W ~e to tho fact. that. I had had

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(,o 'mt'}all , mOra notable, no mwk.e for
So It I sMoked By and by r crept
at.raw to ~he fire at. the olhor end 'io f tbe
ate a. p1 ecll ~ bread and cboo&e ,
, m\.!lel'ahll) "f ~ m et my ga'Ze cVeryjWhqrc.
myself, '1'ubbed my bands and; hftiing up
my vou~e, ~ng the (' ~'ar Bollg of tho MeuyLMcn,"
which I wrote myself ~ tho air I of , t.b o Ifreneh

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gtU~ man.iho gUD.t. man tho gwu B.!!d
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Let your bulletally,' my bOY5, ~et.

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.ActlOn right and action lc-ft,

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Act. wat.h smart.rHlM, quick and d€.'rt.:

Traverse' left and

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Keep yOUl' ~Teti fLlong thQ' .ight.
Mow the G~ mow tbem ~o",
And watch the \lekgara go!

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.Keep them evcr JOil tho run

Before your

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•Till thcreT. not 1& mother', eon lettMan the 'fUM (¥Ihtb

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ActIOn left, actiOn
Keep
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, gOing dO"~It.b tTtu;
but we
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at) bad.
e awful
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ha~ nrflpt
country lD the past.
And, ~yed
1" the trench~; but.
enough, I ba,:e eXf~ my a1lowa.neo of ~ble.
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