Back to Battle (2012)
“Engineers were handing out blocks of gun cotton and detonators for artillery officers to place in the breeches of their guns to destroy them, and in a beet field, where thousands of new vehicles were parked – Scammells, diggers, buses, engineering plants, limbers and lorries – men were smashing their petrol tanks and cylinders with sledge-hammers in a steady crunching sound.
As the jam of vehicles ahead brought the Austin to a stop, a provost lieutenant stepped in front of their bonnet, waving ...a revolver. ‘In here,’ he said.
‘I’m going into Dunkirk,’ Kelly explained.
The officer lifted the revolver. ‘In here,’ he repeated.
Kelly climbed out of the car, followed by Rumbelo and the other two, expecting that the four stripes on his sleeve would overawe the officer, but the lieutenant was adamant.
‘In here,’ he said once more.
Without arguing, Kelly pulled out his own revolver and pointed it at the officer’s stomach. Rumbelo did the same.
‘I have the authority of the admiral in charge of the evacuation and of Lord Gort,’ he said.MoreLess
As the jam of vehicles ahead brought the Austin to a stop, a provost lieutenant stepped in front of their bonnet, waving ...a revolver. ‘In here,’ he said.
‘I’m going into Dunkirk,’ Kelly explained.
The officer lifted the revolver. ‘In here,’ he repeated.
Kelly climbed out of the car, followed by Rumbelo and the other two, expecting that the four stripes on his sleeve would overawe the officer, but the lieutenant was adamant.
‘In here,’ he said once more.
Without arguing, Kelly pulled out his own revolver and pointed it at the officer’s stomach. Rumbelo did the same.
‘I have the authority of the admiral in charge of the evacuation and of Lord Gort,’ he said.MoreLess
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