To Ride the Wind
“Tall with broad shoulders, he still had the patrician appearance of a man who inspired confidence in those he led. As a battalion commander, he had brought his men off the beaches at Gallipoli a few months earlier and his competence and concern for his men there earned their respect.Now, as he leaned against the damp parapet of the trench, scanning the no-man’s-land before him with a pair of field glasses, he wondered if they would continue to respect him after hearing the insane orders he must... deliver to his company commanders. Briefed by the brigade commander at a gathering of battalion COs, he had raised the question of adequate artillery support for the planned assault on the formidable German entrenchments a mere 500 yards away. The answer he received made the tactic appear suicidal, although he as an officer could not reveal his personal opinions to the men he would lead in the attack.He could see a plain of knee-high grasses, nurtured by the rain and sun of the northern summer, sweeping towards a gentle rise etched with the outline of entrenchments along the high ground in front of him.MoreLess
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