Tales of War
Lord Dunsany
- The
- bullets
- were
- snapping
- over
- thick
- to
- keep
- them
- down
- while
- the
- Boche
- went
- on,
- on
- the
- right:
- machine
- guns,
- of
- course.
- The
- barrage
- was
- screaming
- well
- over
- and
- dropping
- far
- back,
- and
- their
- wire
- was
- still
- all
- right
- just
- in
- front
- of
- them,
- when
- they
- put
- up
- a
- head
- to
- look.
- There
- was
- the
- left
- platoon
- of
- the
- battalion.
- One
- doesn't
- bother,
- somehow,
- so
- much
- about
- another
- battalion
- as
- one's
- own.
- One's
- own
- gets
- sort
- of
- homely.
- And
- there
- they
- were
- wondering
- how
- their
- own
- officer
- was
- getting
- on,
- and
- the
- few
- fellows
- with
- them,
- on
- his
- defensive
- flank.
- The
- bombs
- were
- going
- off
- thick.
- All
- the
- Daleswood
- men
- were
- firing
- half
- right.
- It
- sounded
- from
- the
- noise
- as
- if
- it
- couldn't
- last
- long,
- as
- if
- it
- would
- soon
- be
- decisive,
- and
- the
- battle
- be
- won,
- or
- lost,
- just
- there
- on
- the
- right,
- and
- perhaps
- the
- war
- ended.
- They
- didn't
- notice
- the
- left.
- Nothing
- to
- speak of.
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