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And in a letter, some of the finest words of any soldier ever written: Private Thomas Dudley, of the 17th Lancers, said: “When we received the order, not a man could seem to believe it ... Not a word or a whisper. On – on we went! Oh! If you could have seen the faces of that doomed 800 men at that moment; every man’s features fixed, his teeth clenched, and as rigid as death, still it was on – on!” He added: “Clash! And oh God! What a scene! I will not attempt to tell you, as I know it is not to your taste, what we did; but we were Englishmen, and that is enough.
Posted on: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 00:48:28 +0000

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