In the northwest corner of Europe,
Holland
maintained neutrality -
Having no direct
connections
To origins of
feudal disputes,
That had launched
war in 1914.
Yet borders of
Holland edged
Against the
victims of Belgium
To the south and
protagonist
Of Germany to the
east - though
Outsiders, Dutch
were affected.
While relations were not close
To the invaded
Belgium state,
Holland remained
on alert for
Fear of a German
invasion from
South - to have
conscripts ready.
Evidence was reported to state
How Germany
lacked border
Guards,
Philippine and Bouchaute
Observers noted
how a single
Cavalry soldier
maintained watch.
In order to
control any smugglers
Or deserters from
their army,
A method of dummy
sentinels
Were used at night, at fifty metre
Intervals in area
close to Neuzen.
Meanwhile real guards patrolled
Each thousand
metres, whereas
This use to be
hundred metres -
when dawn emerged the dummies
Disappeared for the daylight hours.
by Jamie Mann.
Anon.,1916. Dummy
Sentinels - Latest German Trick. The Daily Telegraph, [online] 4 October 1916. P.9. Col.5.
Available at: <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/12213367/Daily-Telegraph-October-4-1916.html>
[Accessed: 5 October 2016].
Mann, J., 2016. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal
communication, 5 October 2016).
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