Bullecourt
Tuesday-PC-Wk186-Slope
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The gentle slope…
…of this Bullecourt field…
DC Photography 17
…so peaceful and calm…
…was the scene of so much death…
…and bloodshed…
…during World War I.
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Word-of-Day-Challenge-Sting
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sting
a small sharp-pointed organ at the end of the abdomen of bees,
wasps, ants, and scorpions, capable of inflicting
a painful or dangerous wound by injecting poison.
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Bees will quite happily sting
in defence of their territory
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Word of the Day Challenge: Sting
Word-of-Day-Challenge-Target
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target
a person, object, or place selected as the aim of an attack.
Bullecourt Battlefield
World War I.
British forces were gathered at the bottom
of the hill with their target,
the German Army, at the top of the hill.
Thousands over men were lost in this battle
mainly because British Officers forbade
their men to take cover as they rose from their trenches.
Apparently there were four or five of these abortive
attempts to take the high ground before
the generals in charge gave the okay
for soldiers to protect themselves from
the German Army’s enfilade fire
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Word of the Day Challenge: Target
Word-of-Day-Challenge-Ugly
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This area seems…
…so serene.
So calm.
So peaceful.
And yet these Bullecourt fields were
the scene of ugly battles during
World War I
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Word of the Day Challenge: Ugly
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Tuesday-PC-Wk145_Rose
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From flippant to serious.
Cut hay, raked into windrows prior to baling.
A Rosella parrot.
