A private from the Black
Watch Guard,
Writing from Netley Hospital,
informs
A friend of his recovery
from a wound.
Gained at the Battle of the
River Marne.
Being bowled over and out,
he found
He was back in plenty of
time to read,
Of that battle's victory in
the papers.
This private, in a regiment
of advanced
Guard, was in a company
moving ahead.
On reaching a hill of dense
brushwood,
Encountering scouting French
cavalry
In returning, reporting the
hill all clear.
As the Black Watch marched
forward
About the hill, in discovery
of Germans
Opening fire - the enemy
being well hidden,
They realised Germans were
entrenched,
From the very foot of the
hill to the top.
The first enemy line being
about ninety
Yards ahead, meant the first
firing volley
Took down a lot of the
private's company.
With two Cameroon companies
attached,
They fixed bayonets
preparing to charge.
The private said their
actions were swift -
As before any might say
'Jack Robertson' -
They dived into the first
line of trenches,
To see how the Germans ran
like rabbits.
With swift reinforcement of
the regiments
Remainder of the hill was
then speedily taken.
by Jamie Mann.
Anon.,1914.
Battle Stories - A Black Watch Charge. The Daily Telegraph,
[online] 21 Sept. p.12. Col.1. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11107186/Daily-Telegraph-September-21-1914.html
[Accessed: 21st September 2014].
Mann, J., 2014. 100
years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal communication, 21 September 2014).
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