Topic: ypres song

bush musketeer

Far from Ypres I long to be,
Where the german snipers can't get at me,
Damp is my dug out,
Cold are my feet,
Waiting for whizz-bangs,
To send me to sleep.


by S. Stevens, november 1917

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Although our task was never easy, it was made less difficult by the patriotism and passionate valour of the Australians, Which served as an example to the whole world, you saved Amiens, you saved France.
Feild Marshal Ferdinand Foch 1918