The Artilleryman and the Fighting Machine

The hammering from the pit and the pounding of guns grew louder
 My fear rose at the sound of someone creeping into the house
 Then I saw it was a young artilleryman, weary, streaked with blood and dirt
 Anyone here?
 Come in. Here, drink this
 Thank you
 What's happened?
 They wiped us out. Hundreds dead, maybe thousands
 The Heat Ray?
 The Martians! They were inside the hoods of machines they'd made, massive metal things on legs!
 Giant machines that walked, they attacked us! They wiped us out!
 Machines?
 Fighting Machines! Picking up men and bashing 'em against trees. Just hunks of metal
 But they knew exactly what they were doing
 There was another cylinder came last night
 Yes. It looked bound for London
 London! Carrie! I hadn't dreamed there could be danger to Carrie and her father, so many miles away
 I must go to London at once
 And me. Got to report to Headquarters, if there's anything left of it
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 At Byfleet we came upon an Inn, but it was deserted
 Is everybody dead?
 Not everybody. Look!
 Six cannons with gunners standing by
 Bows and arrows against the lightning
 They haven't seen the heat ray yet
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 We hurried along the road to Weybridge
 Suddenly, there was a heavy explosion
 The ground heaved, windows shattered, gusts of smoke erupted into the air
 Look! There they are! What did I tell you?
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 Quickly, one after the other, four of the Fighting Machines appeared
 Monstrous tripods, higher than the tallest steeple, striding over the pine trees and smashing them
 Walking engines of glittering metal
 Each carried a huge funnel and I realized with horror that I'd seen this awful thing before
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 A fifth Machine appeared on the far bank
 It raised itself to full height, flourished the funnel high in the air-and the ghostly, terrible Heat Ray struck the town
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 As it struck, all five Fighting Machines exulted, emitting deafening howls which roared like thunder
 Ulla! Ulla!
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 The six guns we had seen, now fired simultaneously, decapitating a Fighting Machine
 The Martian inside the hood was slain
 Splashed to the four winds
 And the body, nothing now but an intricate device of metal
 Went whirling to destruction
 As the other Monsters advanced, people ran away blindly
 The Artilleryman among them
 But I jumped into the water and hid until forced up to breathe
 Now the guns spoke again, but this time the Heat Ray sent them to oblivion
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 Ulla!
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 With a white flash, the Heat Ray swept across the river
 Scalded, half-blinded and agonized, I staggered through leaping, hissing water, towards the shore
 I fell helplessly, in full sight of the Martians, expecting nothing but death
 The foot of a Fighting Machine came down close to my head, then lifted again as the four Martians carried away the debris of their fallen comrade
 And I realized that by a miracle, I had escaped
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 Ulla! Ulla!
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 Ulla! Ulla!
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 Ulla!