World War I Tales: The War Game by Terry Deary

Author:Terry Deary
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2022-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

‘What did our gunners do that for?’ Albert groaned. ‘That was nice music, that was!’

‘That’ll be the generals for you.’

‘Don’t they know it’s Christmas?’

‘Christmas? They can’t even spell the word.’

Albert nodded sadly. ‘I had the same trouble spelling when I was at school.’

A ghostly silence fell over the silver scene again.

Chapter 6

Salutes and songs

The men turned back to their tea. It tasted terrible but it warmed them.

Captain Forsythe crunched through the iced mud of the trench and asked, ‘Everything all right, Corporal Embleton?’

Charlie scrambled to his feet, snapped a salute and straightened his back. ‘Yes, sir.’

‘Shouldn’t one of you be looking out? There could be Germans heading this way right at this moment!’

‘Sir!’ Charlie said and turned to look over the rim. ‘Cor, stone the crows!’ he gasped. ‘Look at that!’

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