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Chapter 19

           Standinginholesintheground,thousandsofmen,English,Scots,Indians,French,Germans,oneMarchmorningandwhatfor?Ifthereisahell,thenitisthat.Notflames,notpitchforks.Butaplacewithoutthepossibilityofreason,likeNeuveChapellethatday."Areluctantlightbegantospreadovertheeasternsky.Thedrizzlestopped.Atrillofsongfromsomewhereoutsidethetrench.Irecognizedahedgesparrow,thelastvoicefromtheotherworld.WemovedforwardagainsomewayandintotheassaulttrenchestheRifleBrigadewastoformthesecondwaveoftheattack.TheGermantrencheswerelessthantwohundredyardsahead,withourfronttrenchonlyahundredyardsfromtheirs.Montaguelookedathiswatch.Heraisedhishand.Therewascompletesilence.Hishandfell.Forsometensecondsnothinghappened.Then,fromfarbehindus,therewasagiganticdrum-roll,athousandtympani.Apause.Andthenthewholeworldaheadexploded.Everyoneducked.Ashakingofearth,sky,mind,all.Youcannotimaginewhatthefirstfewminutesofthatbombardmentwerelike.Itwasthefirstmassiveartillerybarrageofthewar,theheaviesteverdelivered."Arunnercamefromthefronttrenches,downthecommunicatingtrench.Hisfaceanduniformwerestreakedwithred.Montagueaskedifhewashit.HesaideveryoneinthefronttrencheswassplashedwithbloodfromtheGermantrenches.Theyweresoclose.Ifonlytheycouldhavestoppedtothinkhowclose."Afterhalfanhourthebarragewasmovingoverthevillage.

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