Over The Top
HE captain of his company said later that, when the cloud of gas was settling down on the front trenches to the accompaniment of heavy machinegun fire, Piper Laidlaw stood up on the parapet boldly and struck up "Blue Bonnets Over the Border," and the
Dr ee ie -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-= effect on his men was indescribable. The captain said: " As the men followed him over the top, Piper Laidlaw changed the tune to ‘The Standard on the Braes o’ Mar,’ and surely that stirring tune was
never plaved to better purpose
766 The
Pipers of 1914-18."
A. J.
Sinclair
1YA,
June 28.)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 7, Issue 158, 3 July 1942, Page 2
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103Over The Top New Zealand Listener, Volume 7, Issue 158, 3 July 1942, Page 2
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