Source: Joseph von Eichendorff: Werke. Nach den Ausgaben letzter Hand unter Hinzuziehung der Erstdrucke herausgegeben von Ansgar Hillach, Bd. 1–3, München: Winkler, 1970 ff.
Provides a vivid description of going over the top and crossing no man's land. Some of the imagery is repeated in his poem 'The Show' and used in Pat Barker's 'Regeneration'. Finishes with an elaborat