 GOOD-MORNING; good-morning!" the General said When we met him last week on our way to the line. Now the soldiers he smiled at are most of 'em dead, And we're cursing his staff for incompetent swine. "He's a cheery old card," grunted Harry to Jack As they...  The Art and Practice of Military Strategy - Sida 439redigerad av - 1984 - 883 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Siegfried Sassoon - 1918 - 88 sidor
...youth stone dead, I'd toddle safely home and die — in bed. THE GENERAL "GOOD-MORNING; good-morning!" the General said When we met him last week on our...with rifle and pack. ***** But he did for them both by his plan of attack. LAMENTATIONS I FOUND him in the guard-room at the Base. From the blind darkness... | |
 | Robert Lynd - 1920 - 256 sidor
...him find relief now and then in a hysteria of mirth, as in The General: "Good-morning; good-morning!" the General said When we met him last week on our...rifle and pack. * * * * * But he did for them both by his plan of attack. Mr. Sassoon's verse is also of importance because it paints life in the trenches... | |
 | Robert Lynd - 1921 - 248 sidor
...said When we met him last week on our way to the Line, Now the soldiers he smiled at are most of 'cm dead, And we're cursing his staff for incompetent...rifle and pack. * * * * » But he did for them both by his plan of attack. Mr. Sassoon's verse is also of importance because it paints life in the trenches... | |
 | Sir John Winthrop Hackett - 1986 - 72 sidor
...him last week on our way to the line. Now the soldiers he smiled at are most of 'em dead, And we' re cursing his staff for incompetent swine. "He's a cheery...Jack As they slogged up to Arras with rifle and pack. 20 But he did for them both with his plan of attack. It is not only the battle of Loos which these... | |
 | Raymond Horricks - 272 sidor
...Morrison. To Kay Masterson My great, good soulmate from West African days. The General Siegfried Sassoon 'Good morning; good morning!' the general said When...Arras with rifle and pack. But he did for them both by his plan of attack. Introduction Any anthology is bound to begin as a personal affair before it... | |
 | Paul Fussell - 1991 - 842 sidor
...but passing through it With due regard for decent taste. THE GENERAL "Good-morning; good-morning!" the General said When we met him last week on our...Arras with rifle and pack. But he did for them both by his plan of attack. LAMENTATIONS I found him in the guard-room at the Base. From the blind darkness... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 sidor
...FaBV; GTBS-P; InvP; MoBrPo; NAEL-2; NoAM; NOBE; OBEV; OBWP; OxBSP; OxBTC; TrJP; WaP The General 10 4 $W7X7Y7 4E (I. 5-6) 11 But he did for them both by his plan of attack. BrPo; CMoP; FaBV; FiBHP; LiTM; MMA; NAEL-2;... | |
 | Raymond Horricks - 1993 - 300 sidor
...soulmate from West African days. Also, to Helen Me William The Healer. The General Siegfried Sassoon 'Good morning; good morning!' the general said When...Arras with rifle and pack. But he did for them both by his plan of attack. Introduction This anthology began its life with the title Military Mayhem, and... | |
 | 1995 - 164 sidor
...youth stone dead I'd toddle safely home and die - in bed. The General 'Good-morning; good-morning!' the General said When we met him last week on our...Arras with rifle and pack. But he did for them both by his plan of attack. Dreamers Soldiers are citizens of death's grey land, Drawing no dividend from... | |
 | Tony Rea, John Wright - 1997 - 222 sidor
...captured by October 1916. The generals consistently got things wrong. Their plans failed again and again. "Good morning; good morning!" the General said. When...Arras with rifle and pack. But he did for them both by his plan of attack. This is a poem written by Siegfried Sassoon, a British officer who fought in... | |
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