Thursday, 1 July 2010

Leading the troops



I advanced with them, of course, pausing only to encourage those in the rear with manly cries, until I reckoned there were about a score in front of me; then I lit out in pursuit of the vanguard, not leading from behind, exactly – more from the middle, really, which is the safest place to be unless you’re up against civilized artillery.



Flashman's Lady, pp.169-70, Pan edition, 1979.



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