(I originally posted this at The American Catholic, and I thought the Great War mavens of Almost Chosen People might enjoy it.)
Something for the weekend. In no war has artillery played a greater role than World War I. It was therefore appropriate that Frederick Joseph Ricketts, the British Sousa, under his pen name Kenneth Alford, wrote a march, Voice of the Guns, in 1917, his tribute to British artillerymen.
The song is featured in a sequence of Lawrence of Arabia where General Allenby, portrayed by Jack Hawkins, and Major T. E. Lawrence, portrayed by Peter O’Toole, are discussing strategy:
Donald R. McClarey
Paul Zummo
