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Post by Freedom on Feb 10, 2010 2:15:32 GMT -5
The Battle of Tanga: www.chakoten.dk/tanga_1914.htmlInformative website,nice photos. Steaming Down to Tanga Steaming down to Tanga Over the brine main, See our major general And his brilliant train. Three brigade commanders Colonels, stuff galore. Majors count for little, Captains they ignore. Armoured trains and sleepers, Guns of different bores, Telephones and mess plates, Hospitals and stores. Medicos in thousands Anxious to avoid Work outside the units Where they are employed. Earnestly they study Each Little Book Which, compiled in Simla, Tells them where to look. Local knowledge needed; Native scouts of use. For so quaint a notion There is small excuse. See them shortly landing At the chosen spot. Find the local climate Just a trifle hot. Foes unsympathetic Maxims on them train; Careful first to signal Range to ascertain. Ping, ping go the bullets; Crash, explode the shells. Major General's worried Thinks it just as well Not to move too rashly While he's in the dark. What's the strength opposing Orders to reembark? Back to old Mombassa Steams Force B again, Are the generals ruffled? Not the slightest grain. Martial regulations Inform us day by day They may have foozled Tanga But they've taken BEA.
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Post by werewolf on Feb 10, 2010 9:00:28 GMT -5
War is a racket.
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Post by maddogblues on Feb 10, 2010 11:34:48 GMT -5
It's what Superman championed: 'truth, justice and the American way'.
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