"Солдатушки, бравы ребятушки, а кто ваши жёны? Наши жёны — пушки заряжёны, вот кто наши жёны."

"We looked at each other, and back across the river. There were explosions in the town itself now; the first Fascist s…"

"From somewhere the enemy artillery awoke and the shells came over- you could count them as they came. And then you co…"

"Ahead, muffled by distance, was the sound of artillery in the night- always more terrifying than it is by day, though…"

"In peace the cry is for mobility, in war for weight of shell."

"...если угодно знать, «Войну и мир» читал… Вот, действительно, книга. До самого конца прочитал — и с удовольствием. А…"

"When, after a three-day silence, our only six-inch battery was delivered fifty shells, this was reported by telephone…"

"Suddenly the fresh booming of cannon was heard. A two-story red brick building half a block down the street began to …"

"An' as their firin' dies away the 'usky whisper runs From lips that 'aven't drunk all day: "The Guns! Thank Gawd, the…"

"For you all love the screw-guns — the screw-guns they all love you! So when we call round with a few guns, o' course …"