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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=539599" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>General Roberts in Afghanistan</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Twas in the year of 1878, and. the winter had set in,<br>Lord Roberts and the British Army their march did begin,<br>On their way to Afghanistan to a place called Cabul;<br>And the weather was bitter cold and the rivers swollen and full. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And the enemy were posted high up amongst the hills,<br>And when they saw the British, with fear their blood thrills;<br>The savages were camped on the hillsides in war array,<br>And occupying a strong position which before the British lay. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And viewed from the front their position was impregnable,<br>But Lord Roberts was a general of great skill;<br>Therefore to surprise the enemy he thought it was right,<br>To march upon the enemy in the dead of night. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then the men were mustered without delay,<br>And each man of them was eager for the fray;<br>And in the silent darkness they felt no dismay,<br>And to attack the enemy they marched boldly away. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And on they marched bravely without fear or doubt,<br>And about daybreak the challenge of an Afghan sentinel rang out,<br>And echoed from rock to rock on the frosty biting air;<br>But the challenge didn't the British scare. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then the Highlanders attacked them left and right,<br>And oh! it was a gorgeoua and an inspiring sight;<br>For a fierce hand to hand struggle raged for a time,<br>While the pibrochs skirled aloud, oh! the scene was sublime. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then the Ghoorkas did the Afghans fiercely attack,<br>And at every point and turning they were driven back;<br>And a fierce hand to hand struggle raged for a time,<br>While in the morning sunshine the British bayonets did shine. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And around the ridge or knoll the battle raged for three hours,<br>And British bullets fell amongst them in showers;<br>For Captain Kelso brought us his mountain battery,<br>And sent his shells right into the camp of the enemy,<br>Then the left of the Afghans was turned, and began to flee. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Meanwhile, on the enemy's strong position Lord Roberts launched an attack,<br>And from their position they could hardly be driven back<br>Because the Afghans were hid amongst the woods and hills,<br>Still with undaunted courage, the British blood thrills. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And the Afghans pressed the British hotly, but they didn't give way,<br>For the 8th Ghoorkas and the 72nd kept them at bay;<br>And the mountain guns shells upon them did fire,<br>Then the 8th Punjaub, bounding up the heights, made them retire. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then Major White seized a rifle from one of his men and did retire,<br>And levelled the piece fearlessly and did fire;<br>And with a steady and well-timed shot<br>He shot the Afghan leader dead on the spot. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then the British with a wild cheer dashed, at them,<br>And on each side around they did them hem;<br>And at the bayonet charge they drove them down the hill,<br>And in hundreds they did them kill. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then in a confused mass they fled down the opposite side of the hill<br>In hundreds,driven by sheer force sore against their will;<br>And helter-skelter they did run,<br>For all their positions were carried and the victory won. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then on the 8th of August again Lord Roberts' march began<br>For to fight the rebel Ayoob Khan;<br>And with an army about seven thousand strong<br>On his way to Candahar he fearlessly marched along. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And the battle that followed at Candahar was a complete victory,<br>And Lord Roberts' march to Candahar stands unrivalled in history;<br>And let's thank God that sent Lord Roberts to conquer Ayoob Khan,<br>For from that time there's been no more war in Afghanistan. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Success to Lord Roberts; he's a very brave man,<br>For he conquered the Afghans in Afghanistan,<br>With an army about seven thousand strong,<br>He spread death and desolation all along.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=William+Topaz+McGonagall">William Topaz McGonagall</a><div class=q>
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