Sunday, 8 May 2016

Poem ~ An Ordinary Day of Artillery - Monday, 8 May 1916


Source: File: British 39th Siege Battery. [online] See original image at: <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:British_39th_Siege_Battery_RGA_Somme_1916.jpg> 
[Accessed: 8 May 2016]

With no special day reported,
The Western Front had spent
Another day of the working line.

Across punctuated parts of front
Line, within Somme area, artillery
Were active at Maricourt commune.

Elsewhere in Pas de Calais region,
Monchy took a heavy bombardment -
German raids made trench casualties.

Meanwhile, two enemy mines
Were blown at Neuville - by reply
A successful allied raid was made.

Though casualties were caused,
German dugouts were bombed -
At Hooge, a British mine exploded.

This mine was seen as success
To damage German underground
Works; with intense equal shelling.

With British reserve, the overall
Report played down German effect,
To emphasis allied British success.

4 May 1916 was nothing special,
With activity of artillery particularly
Effective at both Augres and Pilken.

by Jamie Mann.

Anon.,1916. British Front - Mining And Artillery. The Daily Telegraph, [online] 5 May 1916. P.7. Col.1. Available at: <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/12209706/Daily-Telegraph-May-5-1916.html>  [Accessed: 8 May 2016].

Mann, J., 2016. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal communication, 8 May 2016). 



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