Damn the Hun. He has spoiled our dinner with his blasted shelling.
\nHave to run the gauntlet between here and Neuville St. Vaast. By jerky running I outwit him with his shells.
\nGet \u2018ell for running risks. The old General MacDonnel very fatherly over my escapades.
\nGet valuable nose-caps.<\/p>\n
*\u201dHun\u201d is a derogatory term for German used particularly during the First and Second World Wars.<\/em> Damn the Hun. He has spoiled our dinner with his blasted shelling. Have to run the gauntlet between here and Neuville St. Vaast. By jerky running I outwit him with his shells. Get \u2018ell for running risks. The old General MacDonnel very fatherly over my escapades. Get valuable nose-caps. *\u201dHun\u201d is a derogatory term for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1877,30],"tags":[1707,1863],"class_list":["post-7249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-1877","category-diary-entries","tag-general-mcdonnell","tag-neuville-st-vaast","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/monova.ca\/greatwarchronicles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/monova.ca\/greatwarchronicles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/monova.ca\/greatwarchronicles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monova.ca\/greatwarchronicles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monova.ca\/greatwarchronicles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7249"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/monova.ca\/greatwarchronicles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7251,"href":"https:\/\/monova.ca\/greatwarchronicles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7249\/revisions\/7251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/monova.ca\/greatwarchronicles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monova.ca\/greatwarchronicles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monova.ca\/greatwarchronicles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n *The expression \u201crunning the gauntlet\u201d is derived from a form of physical punishment where a captive is to run between two rows – a gauntlet – of soldiers who repeatedly strike them.<\/em>
\n *Nosecap is that part of a shell which unscrews and contains the device and scale for setting the time fuse.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"