Counter-Attack
poetry by Sassoon
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discussed in biography
- In Siegfried Sassoon: World War I service and antiwar poetry
…The Old Huntsman (1917) and Counter-Attack (1918), both of which were published while he was still in the army. In June 1917 he wrote a statement making a public affirmation of pacifism, declaring, “I believe that the War is being deliberately prolonged by those who have the power to end…
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