The Horns of the Buffalo (2010)
“Quickly he studied the terrain ahead and then cantered cautiously across the meadow towards the house that lay at its corner. Reaching the cover of an ivy-covered wall that fringed a formal garden, he spurred again, head down, along its warm red length, until he gained the shelter of a coppice. It was there that he met the soldier.
The infantryman was young and clearly near to exhaustion. His Confederate grey hardly seemed a uniform, so tattered was it, and the rifle slung across his back had h...ooked upon branches that had torn away as he ran through the undergrowth. He scarcely had breath to speak.
‘Thank God I’ve found you, Colonel. Message from General Lee, sir.’ ‘What?’ ‘The General says, sir, that the Yankees have captured the village ahead and that Grant is pourin’ in men to hold the ford. Sir, you are to take your regiment and mount a ’mediate attack across the river an’ move ’em all out.’ ‘Do they have cannon?’ ‘Yessir. Two batteries up on the top o’ the hill by the post office.’ The rider’s eyes narrowed as he weighed up his chances.MoreLess
The infantryman was young and clearly near to exhaustion. His Confederate grey hardly seemed a uniform, so tattered was it, and the rifle slung across his back had h...ooked upon branches that had torn away as he ran through the undergrowth. He scarcely had breath to speak.
‘Thank God I’ve found you, Colonel. Message from General Lee, sir.’ ‘What?’ ‘The General says, sir, that the Yankees have captured the village ahead and that Grant is pourin’ in men to hold the ford. Sir, you are to take your regiment and mount a ’mediate attack across the river an’ move ’em all out.’ ‘Do they have cannon?’ ‘Yessir. Two batteries up on the top o’ the hill by the post office.’ The rider’s eyes narrowed as he weighed up his chances.MoreLess
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