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Click on the link to the Oxford First World War Poetry unit on Sassoon and work your way through as many of the poems\/letters as you wish.\n\nhttp:\/\/www.oucs.ox.ac.uk\/ww1lit\/education\/tutorials\/intro\/sassoon\/counter.html<\/a>\n<\/p>

\n\nExplanatory Notes not covered in Oxford tutorials.<\/strong>\n\nLewis gun: A light machine gun, designed in 1911 by U.S. Army Col. Isaac Lewis, and widely used by British and Empire forces from 1915 onwards.\n\nSap: A covering over a trench; the extension of a trench from within the trench itself to a point beneath an enemy\u2019s fortifications.\n\nAllemands: Germans, from the French\u00a0\u201cAllemand,\u201d; German: sometimes referred to as the \u201cAlleyman.\u201d\n\nFive-nines: 5.9-calibre shells.\n\nFire-step: A board or ledge in a trench, upon which soldiers stand when firing.\n\n<\/div>\n\u00a0","rendered":"

Click on the link to the Oxford First World War Poetry unit on Sassoon and work your way through as many of the poems\/letters as you wish.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.oucs.ox.ac.uk\/ww1lit\/education\/tutorials\/intro\/sassoon\/counter.html<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

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Explanatory Notes not covered in Oxford tutorials.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lewis gun: A light machine gun, designed in 1911 by U.S. Army Col. Isaac Lewis, and widely used by British and Empire forces from 1915 onwards.<\/p>\n

Sap: A covering over a trench; the extension of a trench from within the trench itself to a point beneath an enemy\u2019s fortifications.<\/p>\n

Allemands: Germans, from the French\u00a0\u201cAllemand,\u201d; German: sometimes referred to as the \u201cAlleyman.\u201d<\/p>\n

Five-nines: 5.9-calibre shells.<\/p>\n

Fire-step: A board or ledge in a trench, upon which soldiers stand when firing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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