More horse soldiering than most

He knew he was a good soldier—and he was you know, when he was in his right mind. I’ve seen more horse soldiering than most, and if my life depended on how a mounted brigade was handled, I’d as soon see George Custer in command as anyone I know. His critics, who never saw him at Gettysburg and Yellow Tavern, base their case on one piece of arrant folly and bad luck, when he let his ambition get the better of him.

Flashman and the Redskins, p.255, Pan Books edition, 1983.

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A 'croaker' after all

Cotton protested at this that he was a ‘croaker’ after all – I soon discovered that the word was applied to everyone who ventured to criticize McNaghten or express doubts about the safety of the British force in Kabul.



Flashman, p.87, Pan edition, 12th printing, 1979.

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