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Battle Interlude

By admin Posted on July 11, 2014 Posted in 1 Comment Tagged with 2nd Battle of El Alamein, Battle Interlude, I Celner, North African Campaign, Poems from the Desert, War poetry, Western Desert Campaign, World War II poetry

The ground shuddered, the canvas shook, In the darkness flash on flash Swept from left to right And right to left; One here, another one there, One this side, then that side,~ Ever faster.  Now A dim horizon is a …

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