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'llbcy reel: of t.he Ulor Dlng sl1gbt
The desert re~c.hoos tho trll.n1pmg or feet,
'Tilt t.he In fnnt.r) nmrch uig out,
Soon t ho nOise of L~UJ<, t.be.. ea .. will mee t,
Sound of conflIct a.nsI fc\ornD. nls &hout
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well a.nd the re nrc f ew vlho
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8~U t. I t is Ilot a. bad JOP, but prepsl lng
rat.h(lr puts )OU oIT your appetite. By the '
h ft.\OI wrltwn Illy ll'lJlI ~I OII' of our action IIll
1& mtended to be poct!) •
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No cello a8 ye{..of t 1e comlng fljht,
Of boUle aDd ~g 'JUIlI!i' boom
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thu 8hell& bur!!t i\C \ eTal hundred ya rds ~ rt of
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lC PUDcfiseries
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FIRST
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has a world·wide reputation for the
the subjects included m this series, aU of

After all- hom's rl1Jo
m{ s olty had Ilbout 20 e'~~~,~~",.,
mg two BrltlslL orticere killed, tho
and 6Wl rtl1' 0YILC\U{COO tho " Illago except
IItragglcnt ~l}io GUlped from the moro
ilouscs. Tbese Wt'i e SOOn dnven out and 8J
ad vance ~g"n.
Our batltCry cnnLcroo ltl"c)\"gh tho
ClIme- Illto tlctiop ubont ~\\ o nilles bc;)OlHI
'l'urla bemg ,then In rull~ fhght .
Wa gl\vo
abou t forty IOllnds,
IJllIt]onty of wluch
efi'cetlvo, b ut I t. WIUJ ,0\ Idont.ry deemed
follow tho enclUl furthCl MtU. we .rctlrod
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fire , '
The fOe \f9.8 not {Isleti',
B l1t[l\lreBdy }I(! .secU\8 f.(l wa\ cr and
'fl c v.ttacke.rs fOl'\\ 1l.1d leap
Now hack t h rough Um dusty
Back [ ro m p illaA' to poIlt.
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T he (oclIl!ln fl~s In !;1'l"C d,fcat, -4 \
Hnrll.A&ld by t.h e "do rs' b06t
TIlen comcs tllo soulnd of galloping feet
And t.hunder , i>l1re\~, but no, r
' Arll il ery rumbicii along t he street,

for Dead BomJl·Th

Hot-foot af t.cr tho flrlng foc. .
th~ {oW' gUDf

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'rhe enem y scatte rs , hilS ~re grows weak,
'1110 b at'd-rought. 'lay III v.:0 li
No..... back oneo morc t h ro ugh m id day's
'Xhrough tI\e dusL uut.! 6('ordung au n,
Como tbe \ICWrs g;:llll through the

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A nd v;hat of tiloS(! who'll no'erl ret.urn,
Who"(t ealthly 1 lice IS run?
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eudca.vourf,t.<f explam how lII6 8R\'cQ. the
It \' 11.8 a. pleoo of ," ork fer Wh lC~ It.li".p,'t1~",..,:
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to re mo\e our ghns. to
hctk!r I tO~tlO!l
Oiore did we do tha~ dD.y,
In f@.ct, we l\1l.d llstld hd£ our uu'm<ul;IILlon ,
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I cannot deserlbe ;the feeling \\'~p under fi re,
b llt (1M l.IJvoluntarlly th m ka.:of "bOt~r" It IS
not t.hc nctuaJ ,.hrnpnel and bullctf flying afound,
Wa hearing tht' ~h(\lls CO'\lwg 'fhey t rM t l f lth a.
long 8hrlek and \,ben ?ust aoo"Q. U8 b a n g thp.y go,
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toIJOl\'S n. regul:!..r" h 8il of $IIOtJ- u,lld lIYl1lg In
bIg clouds, h Or.M'iIt Itlckmg tip n. du$t. In thClr-efioriAJ
to nnd a. plka.oo of safoty, l&en'8 ' Olcf.a endeavouring
to k £:ep
pOOl' tb lJlge (qUIet, ana a~ ... e al1 t he
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b enld allCll ,fif III Lhe u12tnncc.
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W e h ad ~lO\"Â¥ ~.,cail l i~ forward tor
half hour, whe~ bno of Oul; ad\unco
galloped u p ~ us, sboutlJll: ' All hornes that
!!pared to lh~ OMl5ta:nro 9f Lhe B,A C."
Off we G'P/lCd, IIpurtlllg to\\nrcb the crest
sl~nd~ luIl8~' "l'lH~ro tho Il A C wel'(l siuck ,
could not-o. cl c n gct l lDto a2hon , and v; ere
lillac llod Pl o,rl~ poubtlcu the encmy
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f&to 80 wet bad to come mto octlon
t.bcn'l .. Ac lon front I " \~ nil glVenl
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the :tdaclune Gun Seci.K>D of
'Boval Bet-l:. Regll~D t a.ud a. aido
fl'Om .. P om pey '.1
ot the play
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then carne a. goOd run I up
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