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"Yo-heave-ho... Yo-ho... One scoop of the shovel, I’m covered in sweat. One roaring chant, I’m filled with might."
In the lowlands at the foot of the hill, hundreds of men, young and old, dug dirt from the trenches with iron shovels and spades. They then hauled it to higher ground using shoulder poles and handcarts.
Despite the bitter cold, they wore only thin, single-layered clothes. Some were even bare-chested, with sweat dripping from their necks and backs onto the frozen earth.
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