The War

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Excerpt from The War: From the Landing at Gallipoli to the Death of Lord RaglanNever did a set of finer fellows leave Old England for the good and glory of their country than the brigade of Guards which has just arrived. It is not of the personnel of the nienfigreat British Anakim as they are - that this is said, but of the spirit, cheerful ness, and good humour they displayed on the passage. Imagine those comfortably fleshy and rather adipose giants, accustomed to the easy indolence of London taps, the unrestrained ease of Win chester bars, and the social military elegancies of Windsor, vying with the police itself in the intensity of their entente cordiale with the female servantry of London, living in large, airy, dry barracks, and provided with abundant well-cooked food, suddenly exposed to much discomfort and partial privation of luxuries, condemned to a rupture of all friendly ties - to the abnegation of pleasant Sunday dualities in bearskin cap and full-dress cane at Hamp stead-heath or Highgate, - imagine them. Too, penned, cribbed, and by no means cabined, though certainly confined, between decks, so densely that they could scarcely turn when attacked by all the fantastic contortions of the mal de mer, with uncertain and not always palatable meals, rendering tribute to their unrecognised monarch Neptune, aiding in pulling at perplexing ropes, obliged to keep unintelligible watches over nothing but the stars and sea water, mustered and exercised on unsteady planks. And debarred from any exercise. Except scrambling for their daily bread, and then know that this flight of fancy was short of the truth, and that these Household troops suffered and did all this. And more, and you will scarcely refuse the praise bestowed on them by all who witnessed their behaviour and demeanour.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.