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

"Red morrow! Red morrow! It promises me surely an early death when the war trumpets blow, the battle will maim me crue…"

"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."

"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…"