The Old Front Line
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The Old Front Line is credited to John Masefield. The text calls our old front line, whether held by the French or by ourselves, nothing but a post to be endured, day in day out, in all weathers and under all fires. The text says that to most of the British soldiers who took part in the Battle of the Somme, the town of Albert must be a central point in a reckoning of distances.
The text says one need only look at the ground to know that the fighting here was very grim, and to the death. Near the road and up the slope to the enemy, the ground is described as littered with relics of our charges, mouldy packs, old shattered scabbards, rifles, bayonets, helmets curled, torn, rolled, and starred. The text reports that the bodies of some enemy soldiers were found chained to their guns.
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- John Masefield
- Pages
- 63
- Language
- English
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- Military History
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