The Old Guard (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Old GuardThe bright rays of a morning sun bestow a benedic tion upon that great field of strife somewhere in France, their warmth relax stiffened and watching forms, weary, dishevelled, and tortured by vermin and battered nerves. Officers and non-coms give orders in a low tone of voice for the making of a speedy breakfast, to be followed by a careful examination of arms, gas helmets and accoutre ments. They predict a great day, the last day for many, alas, but cheerily they eat, jokingly remark upon each other's grimy, filthy appearance, and manfully quench the doubt of victory or the thought of perhaps never more witnessing the rising of the sun. With brave hope inspired by a sense of duty and of their calling they silently and obediently await the further coming of great events.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.