Punch,  62 (1872), 224.

Peace Without Panic

Anon

Genre:

Poetry, Drollery

Subjects:

Military Technology, War


    Responding to debates about Britain's coastal defences, the author notes the vulnerability of 'transport ships of wood' which would make 'all hands a holocaust' with one shell. Urges that if coastal defences are 'right' then 'You'll ne'er have foes ashore to fight', but upholds the importance of securing a strong army that is 'fit to meet / The biggest that could dodge our fleet' or the possibility that Britain's 'torpedoes' and 'rams' will prove ineffective.



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