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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=539644" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Battle of El-Teb</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Ye sons of Great Britain, I think no shame<br>To write in praise of brave General Graham!<br>Whose name will be handed down to posterity without any stigma,<br>Because, at the battle of El-Teb, he defeated Osman Digna.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">With an army about five thousand strong,<br>To El-Teb, in the year 1884, he marched along,<br>And bivouacked there for the night;<br>While around their fires they only thought of the coming fight.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They kept up their fires all the long night,<br>Which made the encampment appear weird-like to the sight;<br>While the men were completely soaked with the rain,<br>But the brave heroes disdained to complain.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The brave heroes were glad when daylight did appear,<br>And when the reveille was sounded, they gave a hearty cheer<br>And their fires were piled up higher again,<br>Then they tried to dry their clothes that were soaked with the rain.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then breakfast was taken about eight o'clock,<br>And when over, each man stood in the ranks as firm as a rock,<br>And every man seemed to be on his guard --<br>All silent and ready to move forward.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The first movement was a short one from where they lay --<br>Then they began to advance towards El-Teb without dismay,<br>And showed that all was in order for the fray,<br>While every man's heart seemed to feel light and gay.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The enemy's position could be seen in the distance far away<br>But the brave heroes marched on without delay --<br>Whilst the enemy's banners floated in the air,<br>And dark swarms of men were scattered near by there.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Their force was a large one -- its front extended over a mile,<br>And all along the line their guns were all in file;<br>But as the British advanced, they disappeared,<br>While our brave kilty lads loudly cheered.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Thus slowly and cautiously brave General Graham proceeded<br>And to save his men from slaughter, great caution was needed,<br>Because Osman Digna's force was about ten thousand strong;<br>But he said, Come on, my brave lads, we'll conquer them ere long!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It was about ten o'clock when they came near the enemy's lines,<br>And on the morning air could be heard the cheerful chimes<br>Corning from the pipes of the gallant Black Watch,<br>Which every ear in the British force was eager to catch.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then they passed by the enemy about mid-day,<br>While every Arab seemed to have his gun ready for the fray <br>When a bullet strikes down General Baker by the way,<br>But he is soon in the saddle again without delay,</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And ready for any service that he could perform;<br>Whilst the bullets fell around them in a perfect storm<br>That they had to lie down, but not through fear,<br>Because the enemy was about 800 yards on their left rear.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then General Graham addressed his men,<br>And said, If they won't attack us, we must attack them,<br>So start to your feet, my lads, and never fear,<br>And strike up your bagpipes, and give a loud cheer.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So they leapt to their feet, and gave a loud cheer,<br>While the Arabs swept down upon them without the least fear,<br>And put aside their rifles, and grasped their spears;<br>Whilst the British bullets in front of them the earth uptears.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then the British charged them with their cold steel,<br>Which made the Arabs backward for to reel;<br>But they dashed forward again on their ranks without dismay,<br>But before the terrible fire of their musketry they were swept away.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Oh, God of Heaven! it was a terrible sight<br>To see, and hear the Arabs shouting with all their might<br>A fearful oath when they got an inch of cold steel,<br>Which forced them backwards again and made them reel.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">By two o'clock they were fairly beat,<br>And Osman Digna, the false prophet, was forced to retreat <br>After three hours of an incessant fight;<br>But Heaven, 'tis said, defends the right.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And I think he ought to be ashamed of himself;<br>For I consider he has acted the part of a silly elf,<br>By thinking to conquer the armies of the Lord<br>With his foolish and benighted rebel horde.</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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Because, at the battle of El-Teb, he defeated Osman Digna.

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