Excerpt from The Book of the V. C: A Record of the Deeds of Heroism for Which the Victoria Cross Has Been Bestowed, From Its Institutions in 1857, to the Present Time, Compiled From Official Papers and Other Authentic SourcesThe guns that thundered for their brave lives' loss Are worn hence, for their fame!The men of all the army and the ¿eet, The very bravest of the very brave, Linesman and Lord - these fought with equal feet Firm planted on the grave.The men who, setting light their blood and breath, So they might win a victor's haught renown, Held their steel straight against the face of Death, And frowned his frowning down.And some who climbed the deadly glacis side, For all that steel could stay, or savage shell, And some, whose blood upon the Colours dried Tells if they bore them well.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.