The Square Jaw
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You read the reports. The names of the places that have been taken, the calculations of the gains, the numbers of the prisoners, leave you cold. Words words It is on the field of battle, amidst the thunder of the guns and the magic glow of fires, that one should read the bulletins of victory. This evening a heady, irresistible joy took possession of the Army. The prisoners were pouring in. The men were singing in their quarters. Upon a front 3-1/2 miles wide and nearly 1-1/2 deep our Allies had broken the German lines on both sides of the Ancre. They have been giving me details of the battle. From hour to hour, here, in the midst of the troops, I am being told the incidents of the fighting. A risky privilege The despatches which come to us; the despatch riders who, at the utmost speed of their motor-cycles, bring us reports through the ruts and mud of the roads; the messages of the telegraph-everything has assumed a heroic quality. A feverish joy quivers in every face. Even the bell of the telephone follows, strangely, the measure of our heart-beats.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1511547154
ISBN13:9781511547154
Release Date:December 1918
Publisher:Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Length:68 Pages
Weight:0.23 lbs.
Dimensions:0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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