Great Battles Of The Great War (Centennial Edition) by Stephen Crane

Author:Stephen Crane [Unbekannt]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Klassiker
Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
Published: 2014-07-08T00:00:00+00:00

Over Difficult Country

Towards the end of the retreat, notably on Friday nth, torrential rain fell and added to the difficulties of the enemy: "The great wheels roll no longer upon easy ways. The roads are turned to river ways. The wheels sink into deep ruts that tax all the strength of those over-wearied steeds. The drivers shout and ply the lash unmercifully. The great beasts strain and struggle in heroic effort. But the wheels sink deeper. The huge guns lurch ' and swing. A horseman dashes up ' Haste, haste; they are coming, those terrible Englishmen! ' Again the descent of those wet-sodden whips. Again that terrible straining on the traces. It is vain; the wheels are fast. Men cut the traces. The liberated horses gallop off. The retreat draws slowly away through the dusk — an endless stream, worn and weary, famished, without ammunition."

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