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“It felt good to be alive on that sunny autumn morning on the Plains of Lombardy.”

“But he had several compelling reasons…”

“But Haig, not unnaturally… wanted to attempt both…”

“I kissed Don on the cheek ‘Goodbye!’ He turned to watch me go. Shortly afterwards they brought me his black tail, as I asked for a souvenir. Strange as it may seem, we ate his heart and kidneys for dinner, as they are now reserved for the owners. I am sure he would have preferred that I, rather than another, should do so.”

“God had created hell but it wasn’t bad enough so he created Mesopotamia.”

“Gallipoli was nothing but a foolish sideshow.”

“I don’t order you to attack — I order you to die. In the time which passes until we die, other troops and commanders can take out places.”

“I thought I was completely alone in No Man’s Land but then I started to stumble on wounded men — three of them.”

“It is impossible to picture the horrors of this continual struggle, in which the artillery is without ammunition and the infantry without rifles.”