Our General Had to restore "Law-and-Order" At Amritsar; For… - Osbert Sitwell

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Our General
Had to restore
"Law-and-Order" At Amritsar; For he knew
That if he failed
To shoot
Two thousand natives
They would have laughed at him.
To laugh at a General,
Is, of course, very rude.

Osbert Sitwell

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Sir Francis Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, Bt. (6 December 1892 – 4 May 1969) was an English poet, novelist, memoirist and controversialist on behalf of the arts. Osbert Sitwell, his brother Sacheverell and his sister Edith were among the most conspicuous figures in the British artistic world of the 1920s and 1930s.

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Birth Name: Francis Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell

Native Name: Sir Francis Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Baronet • Sir Osbert Sitwell, Bt

Alternative Names: Capt. Sir [Francis] Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell

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