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Show ABOUT SOUNDS OF BATTLE. Hew the Modern Projectiles Affect the Senses on the Battlefield. On!) those who lie In the firing lino and hear tho constant screech of the shells as they elemo their tonlble waj through tho air above know the true Mintnls of model u war. sas a writer lu World's Work. The whip-like whip-like Huacl, of the bursting shell, tho sw'li of the scattering bullets, are nolui ig to ttu mocking screech of the iiieshi ugcih of death as thej pursue pur-sue each other, as If lu competition lo tomplcto the awful object or their hideous mission. 'I he whole welkin Is discordant with their tumult; jou feel the tush of mlspliKcd air, splinters slug In jour ear', the earth Is lu constant tieni-bto tieni-bto wltli the lolcneo of the dlk-chat dlk-chat go; jou feel It pulsate against your cliei I. ptrsseil to tho moist mud of the pntupot. and then a bullet saps ihu life bin, d of tho coniiade whoso elhow has touched yours dajs and night for foil) hours. Thou- Is a j limit to liuiriin endurance In Ihiiho straits. |