Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
With fire and sword the country round
Was wasted far and wide ,
And many a childing mother then,
And new_born baby died;
But things like that , you know ,must be
At every famous victory.
(i) Who is the speaker ? What did he describe in the preceding lines ?
(ii) How was the country affected by war ?
(iii) What is the most tragic about the war hinted here?
(iv) How and why did the speaker try to justify the war ?
(v) Soon after the victory Old Kasper describes a shocking sight? What was it?
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What is meant by 'was wasted far and wide'? The country referred to is Blenheim, which is the English name for the German village of Blindheim, situated on the left bank of the Danube River in Bavaria in Southern Germany. It refers to the death and destruction caused by the war.
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