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Any regiment can advance, but few know how to retreat with a sting in the tail. EDNEY REGIMENT CAN ADVANCE BUT FEW KNOW HOW TO RETREAT WITH A STING IN THE TAIL
ttle campaigns, flashed out into a very ugly war; and Cottar’s regiment was chosen among the first. “Now,” said a major, “this’ll shake the cobwebs out of us all—especially you, Galahad; and we can see what your hen-with-one-chick attitude has done for the regiment.” Cottar nearly wept with joy as the campaign went forward. They were fit—physically fit beyond the other troops; they were good children in camp, wet or dry, fed or unfed; and they followed their officers with the quick suppleness and trained obedience of a first-class foot-ball fifteen. They were cut off from their apology for a base, and cheerfully cut their way back to it again; they crowned and cleaned out hills full of the enemy with the precision of well-broken dogs of chase; and in the hour of retreat, when, hampered with the sick and wounded of the column, they were persecuted down eleven miles of waterless valley, they, serving as rearguard, covered themselves with a great glory in the eyes of fellow-professionals. DER WHICH AFTER THE MANNER OF LITTLE CAMPAIGNS FLASHED OUT INTO A VERY UGLY WAR AND COTTER'S REGIMENT WAS CHOSEN AMONG THE FIRST NOW SAID A MAJOR THIS'LL SHAKE THE COBWEBS OUT OF US ALL ESPECIALLY YOU GALAHAD AND WE CAN SEE WHAT YOUR HEN WITH ONE CHICK ATTITUDE HAS DONE FOR THE REGIMENT COTTER NEARLY WEPT WITH JOY AS THE CAMPAIGN WENT FORWARD THEY WERE FIT PHYSICALLY BEYOND THE OTHER TROOPS THEY WERE GOOD CHILDREN IN CAMP WET OR DRY FED OR UNFED AND THEY FOLLOWED THEIR OFFICERS WITH THE QUICK SUPPLENESS AND TRAINED OBEDIENCE OF A FIRST CLASS FOOTBALL FIFTEEN THEY WERE CUT OFF FROM THEIR APOLOGY FOR A BASE AND CHEERFULLY CUT THEIR WAY BACK TO IT AGAIN THEY CROWNED AND CLEANED OUT THE HILLS FULL OF THE ENEMY WITH A PRECISION OF WELL BROKEN DOGS OF CHASE AND IN THE HOUR OF RETREAT WHEN HAMPERED WITH THE SICK AND WOUNDED OF THE COLUMN THEY WERE PERSECUTED DOWN ELEVEN MILES OF WATERLESS VALLEY THEY SERVING AS REAR GUARD COVERED THEMSELVES WITH GREAT GLORY IN THE EYES OF FELLOW PROFESSIONALS
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