Man of Honour (37 page)
Authors: Iain Gale
He turned to Williams. ‘Tom, for God’s sake, keep the men close together. Don’t let them become bogged down. You must keep formation.’
Slaughter’s voice too growled out the familiar words above the din of battle. ‘Close up. Right shoulders forward. Close your ranks, you buggers.’
Steel looked back to the front, into the rain of shot and mouthed his useless prayer. Although in his heart he knew that if this miserable Whitsunday were to be the moment he would die, it was ordained already and there was nothing any words could change about that. But he knew that he could fight and that if the fates let him reach the French lines he would do his damnedest to make sure that this day would surely not be his last.
MAN OF HONOUR
Iain Gale has always had a passion for military history. He is the Editor of the
National Trust for
Scotland
magazine and Art critic for
Scotland on
Sunday
. He lives outside Edinburgh with his wife and children.
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