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_War Correspondent_. "_He'd never seen so many dead before_." They sprawled in yellow daylight while he swore And gasped and lugged his everlasting load Of bombs along what once had been a road. WAR CORRESPONDENT HE HAD NEVER SEEN SO MANY DEAD BEFORE THEY SPRAWLED IN YELLOW DAYLIGHT WHILE HE SWORE AND GASPED AND LUGGED HIS EVERLASTING LOAD OF BOMBS ALONG WHAT ONCE HAD BEEN A ROAD
ants dissolved in drifts of smoke. He crouched and flinched, dizzy with galloping fear, Sick for escape,--loathing the strangled horror And butchered, frantic gestures of the dead. An officer came blundering down the trench: "Stand-to and man the fire-step!" On he went ... Gasping and bawling, "Fire-step ... counter-attack!" Then the haze lifted. Bombing on the right Down the old sap: machine-guns on the left; And stumbling figures looming out in front. "O Christ, they're coming at us!" Bullets spat, And he remembered his rifle ... rapid fire ... And started blazing wildly ... then a bang Crumpled and spun him sideways, knocked him out To grunt and wriggle: none heeded him; he choked And fought the flapping veils of smothering gloom, Lost in a blurred confusion of yells and groans. Down, and down, and down, he sank and drowned, Bleeding to death. The counter-attack had failed. THE EFFECT "The effect of our bombardment was terrific. One man told me he had never seen so many dead before.  SECTION TWENTY TWO OF THE WAR POEMS OF SIGHRIED SASSOON BY SIGRID SAINTSOON REDFORD LIBERVOX DONTALORG BY MARKH HASSONG THE EFFECT THE EFFECT OF OUR BOMBARDMENT WAS TERRIFIC ONE MAN TOLD ME HE HAD NEVER SEEN SO MANY DEAD BEFORE
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