THE LAST 100 DAY'S!
(A PARODY ?)
By Bob Scott
18 pounder guns of the 6th Battery of Australian Field Artillery in action near Villers-Bretonneux, on the morning of the offensive. Note the motor ambulance in the field in the background. Front row, left to right (sitting): Gunner (Gnr) West; Gnr Ferrier MM; Gnr Mannell; Gnr Baker; Gnr Thompson. Back row (standing): Corporal (Cpl) Dean, Fitter; Cpl Harrison.
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France. August 1918. Pile of captured German MG08/15 machine guns and gun carriages discarded after capture during the Battle of Amiens, 8 August 1918. (Original held in AWM Archive Store)
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THE LAST 100. DAY’S! {A PARODY?}
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How the Mighty Fell
The Black Day, for the German. Austrian-Hungarian Army
Thought to be Impregnable, Mighty Unstoppable.
WW1. Started 4th August 1914. Ended 11th Novemberb1918.
United Kingdom, France and Russia
Bolstered by Canada, Australia and the USA.
The battle of Amiens, (Third battle of Picardy)
It fell between the months of
The 8th. Day of August: Lasted to 11th November 1918.
This Impregnable Army thought they had it all
As the Allies, launched their series of offences
Naval blockades in the Baltic.
One noose blocking of their supplies
Powers on the Western Front
The Battle of Amiens, in the forefront.
Aim, enforce them out of France
Back beyond the Hindenburg Line
Allied victories began to flow.
Thousands upon thousands of Allied Troops
Fighting this domineering power
A price paid in massive rivers of blood.
As many allied Nations fought for the cause
Thousands upon thousands
Picked up that cores and paid, the ultimate sacrifice.
So did their families, that wept in their homelands
With their rivers of tears? All across the globe
A chilling call! Not one wanted at all.
These unspeakable losses of those who met that call
Lay the injured! The limbless and the Screams?
That of the dying of their last breath extinguish.
Battle after Battle
New definitive position by the Allies gained
Just to find their advancement an unstoppable force
Chip by Chip the pebbles fall away
As the enemy their guns and shells suddenly fall silent
On the hundredth Victorious day.
AS PEACE IS FULLY DECLARED
With Canada’s contribution!
No less than 70. Canadian Forces winning the V.C. in WW1.
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The dead leave “Their Message”
Wives and Sweethearts. We shall meet again
That will be at Heaven’s Eternal Door.
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How the Mighty Fell
The Black Day, for the German. Austrian-Hungarian Army
Thought to be Impregnable, Mighty Unstoppable.
WW1. Started 4th August 1914. Ended 11th Novemberb1918.
United Kingdom, France and Russia
Bolstered by Canada, Australia and the USA.
The battle of Amiens, (Third battle of Picardy)
It fell between the months of
The 8th. Day of August: Lasted to 11th November 1918.
This Impregnable Army thought they had it all
As the Allies, launched their series of offences
Naval blockades in the Baltic.
One noose blocking of their supplies
Powers on the Western Front
The Battle of Amiens, in the forefront.
Aim, enforce them out of France
Back beyond the Hindenburg Line
Allied victories began to flow.
Thousands upon thousands of Allied Troops
Fighting this domineering power
A price paid in massive rivers of blood.
As many allied Nations fought for the cause
Thousands upon thousands
Picked up that cores and paid, the ultimate sacrifice.
So did their families, that wept in their homelands
With their rivers of tears? All across the globe
A chilling call! Not one wanted at all.
These unspeakable losses of those who met that call
Lay the injured! The limbless and the Screams?
That of the dying of their last breath extinguish.
Battle after Battle
New definitive position by the Allies gained
Just to find their advancement an unstoppable force
Chip by Chip the pebbles fall away
As the enemy their guns and shells suddenly fall silent
On the hundredth Victorious day.
AS PEACE IS FULLY DECLARED
With Canada’s contribution!
No less than 70. Canadian Forces winning the V.C. in WW1.
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The dead leave “Their Message”
Wives and Sweethearts. We shall meet again
That will be at Heaven’s Eternal Door.
Painting depicting the six signatories of the Armistice in the railway carriage with other participants. From left to right are German Admiral Ernst Vanselow, German Count Alfred von Oberndorff of the Foreign Ministry, German General Detlof von Winterfeldt (with helmet), British naval officer Captain Jack Marriott, and standing in front of the table, Matthias Erzberger, head of the German delegation. Behind the table are two British naval officers, Rear-Admiral George Hope, First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, and the French representatives, Marshal Ferdinand Foch (standing), and General Maxime Weygand.
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American soldiers of the 64th Regiment, part of the 7th Division, celebrate the news of the Armistice.
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