Prelude: The Troops

Manuscript of poem in blue ink with corrections in black ink in Siegfried Sassoon's hand. Included in a notebook containing manuscript drafts and clippings of various poems later published in 'Counter-Attack and Other Poems' (1918), some with notes in Sassoon's hand explaining additional places of publication.

该诗作手稿由西格弗里德·萨松（Siegfried Sassoon）以蓝色墨水亲笔书写，带有黑色墨水批注的修改痕迹。此手稿被收录于一本笔记本中，该笔记本内收纳了后续收录于1918年出版的《反攻及其他诗作（Counter-Attack and Other Poems）》的多篇诗作的手稿草稿与剪报，其中部分内容带有萨松亲笔注释，用以说明这些诗作的额外发表刊物。