"Were it to happen that you should die, they will sing in praise of you; they will pick flowers on the hills to plant …"

"The troops and the volunteers storm onwards like lions; they have won; cheers upon cheers; it's one great hold of tri…"

"Here lies one, heavily wounded; there lies one, quite dead; another lies open-mouthed, moaning with thirst."

"For three months I've been wasting my time in a hotel. The food and pudding and champagne are all very well, but just…"

"The great General C. R. de Wet was still too small for a khaki net."

"Two hundred Long Toms and a pipe, one cartridge belt and rifle, a bottle of Scotch – you know the brand – they brough…"

"We thought we were going home, so we tied our bundles across our backs. At one o'clock we went to the gate; I thought…"

"As far as the food is concerned, if you really want to know: curried rice and troops' sweat, bitter coffee and sour b…"

"My breakfast and my dinner have been in the sea some time, and tomorrow I'll be following – wrapped in sacks, with ir…"

"The South Pole blows and shapes a wintry blast from which the migrant bird flees in haste and terror. His cold breath…"