"THE ELUSIVE DROGUE"
11l an endless ii tr c ani the batteries camo, Their guns cinod to the sky, With an air of quiet confidence. To down that drogue -- or try. Their sweating gun crews do their stuff, Hurling ammo by the ton, Some burst near, some far away, But on the drogue -- not one* The Captain swears, the Major fumes, The Colonel does the scone, The firing gains ' intensity, Bui; that drogue -- flies on* From height control to range • control, Trying everything they know, From firing shells to owing stones, But the.drogue -- still goes® The sandbags burst and downwards spill As the firing long prevails, And ’Banskio’s Bloc'house 1 rocks and shakes, But the drogue -- still sails. So men did cone and men did go, Sono calm and some alarmed, The guns wore worn and tempers too, That drogue wont on — unharmed. Thon a brand new troop took up the fight, And fired up shells galore, •Then in one burst it shuddered, .And tho drogue, it was --- no noroll • -o -O -9 -o-o-o-o -9 -o-o-o-o-o—o-o-
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Gun Flash, Issue XXVIII, 10 July 1943, Page 2
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176"THE ELUSIVE DROGUE" Gun Flash, Issue XXVIII, 10 July 1943, Page 2
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