Pistols spat.
Swords sparked.
Mass shoved.
Steel dinned.
Men yelled.
Horses snorted and neighed.
Trumpets rang.
Pennons swayed.
Covenanters scorched.
Scots broke.
Life-Guards harried.
A hundred died.
Steel flashed.
Artillery blared.
Muskets fired.
Drums thuttered.
Slogans tolled.
Cavaliers scattered.
Rupert clamored.
A few rallied.
Independents advanced and killed.
"'...'tis no disgrace to fall to such as Cromwell. Beneath your buff, you men are Ironsides.'" (p. 7)
Poul Anderson shows war as chaotic and horrific. See also:
Experience Of War
Real War
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
War is horrible and chaotic? I agree! But I cannot say all wars are needless, because I because it does matter, sometimes, which side wins or loses. It would have been far worse for us if Adolf Hitler had won WW II, for example.
Ad astra! Sean
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