Hey, it's June the 18th, and no, I've not forgotten :-)

[vin_petrol]

You don't see a battle. You *hear* it. Black powder blasting by the ton on all sides. Black smoke blinding you and choking you and making you vomit. Then the French come out of the smoke - not in a line, but in a column. And they march towards our thin line, kettledrums hammering like hell and a golden eagle blazing overhead. They march slowly, and it takes them a long time to reach you, and you can't see them in smoke. But you can hear the drums. They march out of the smoke, and you fire a volley. And the front rank of the column falls, and the next rank steps over them, with drums hammering, and the column smashes your line like a hammer breaking glass... and Napoleon has won another battle. But if you don't run - if you stand until you can smell the garlic, and fire volley after volley, three rounds a minute - then they slow down. They stop. And then they run away. All you've got to do is stand, and fire three rounds a minute. Now, you and I know you can fire three rounds a minute. But can you stand?

Sharpe's Eagle - Bernard Cornwell

Comments

[inbetween-girl.livejournal.com]

Wow, how did he manage to fit all the cheesy imagery in amongst "Sharpe insults officer, pulls posh girl, fights illegal duel and loses girl before pulling off improbable suicide mission and copping off with someone more suitable"?

[vin_petrol]

*gasp* that's sooooo unfair!

Sometimes the girl isn't posh! :-P

Plus, you missed out "huge battle with loads of French who get their arses kicked good and proper!"

[inbetween-girl.livejournal.com]

That's in the background during the improbable suicide mission.

Sometimes the girl isn't posh. Sometimes she's French.

[cazzioc.livejournal.com]

oh, I can feel an Abba song coming on............. ;D

[vin_petrol]

I can feel a flogging at dawn coming on for anyone that does that *hard stare*

[ms-siobhan.livejournal.com]

Is it The Day Before You Came? ;-)

[cazzioc.livejournal.com]

No - 'The winner takes it all' ;-P

[http://users.livejournal.com/melancholyrose_/]

Sounds like you've had a fun day at work ;-)

[fritx.livejournal.com]

Ugh Haters :( Makes puppay sad.