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'''The Capture of Boomerang Trench''' is a poem by W. F. Rollo, dedicated to all ranks of the [[
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▲:Like pack of hounds they strained the leash,
▲:And while commands rang out,
▲:Like pack of hounds they raced to gain
▲:The Boomerang Redoubt;
▲:No chance the Turkish rifle fire
▲:To stay their swift career
▲:Across the hundred yards of scrub,
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▲:Or quell their frenzied cheer.
▲:They swept the foe from parapet,
▲:From round each maxim grin,
▲:And hardly in their fury paused
▲:When bullet touched a limb,
▲:With butt and bayonet they slew
▲:In onslaught none could face,
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▲:And cheered again, as in dismay
▲:The foeman fled the place.
▲:Tho' fierce the fight, so brief the same,
▲:That they who watched behind
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▲:Scarce thought the thrilling deed was o'er
▲:Its like seemed hard to find,
▲:For when the Borders left their trench,
▲:Few minutes scarce had run
▲:Till their victorious shout proclaimed
▲:The Boomerang was won.
|author=L/Cpl. W. F. Rollo
|source=Stray Shots from the [[Dardanelles]]}}
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* Original source: ''Stray Shots from the [[Dardanelles]], A collection by Lance Corporal W.F. Rollo'' dedicated to All Ranks of the 1st Battalion the Border Regiment, The Gallipolian, No.46, Christmas 1984, p.17.
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