ge2002bill  | 14 Apr 2012 7:21 a.m. PST |
To: TMP
Re: Shocking News!
Date: 29-30 September 1900
Where: General Pettygree's Blog Expedition To Alexandrapour's Chapter XIV, Terrible Battle, is available here: link Don't miss a single startling image accentuated by Lt. Col. Lawford's narrative.
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Respectfully,
Bill |
 J Womack 94 | 14 Apr 2012 8:23 a.m. PST |
Wow! Thanks for the warning. I was shocked. |
| Big Red | 14 Apr 2012 9:47 a.m. PST |
Shocking, appalling, dreadful, scandalous, awful, deplorable, horrendous, inexcusable, atrocious, abysmal, horrifying, upsetting, distressing, unbearable, ghastly, hideous news but a great report. |
| Mad Guru | 14 Apr 2012 11:32 a.m. PST |
Great battle report, as to be expected from the good General Pettygree's always eloquent & exciting keyboard -- but the cliffhanger ending is almost too much to bear! |
| Lion in the Stars | 14 Apr 2012 12:14 p.m. PST |
Great Scott! How will the Colonel survive? |
 John the Greater | 14 Apr 2012 12:40 p.m. PST |
Cracking good stuff, Old Sock! All of us here at the club await the next issue of the Times to see the results of the day's action. |
| Frederick | 14 Apr 2012 12:46 p.m. PST |
Zounds! There will be a fearful row at home when they hear about this |
 Sparker | 14 Apr 2012 4:28 p.m. PST |
The sand of the desert is sodden red,
Red with the wreck of a square that broke;
The Gatling's jammed and the Colonel dead,
And the regiment blind with dust and smoke.
The river of death has brimmed his banks,
And England's far, and Honour a name,
But the voice of a schoolboy rallies the ranks:
'Play up! play up! and play the game!' |
| Stacky | 14 Apr 2012 8:14 p.m. PST |
Very stirring poem!Who wrote it….Kippling? |
| Sparker | 14 Apr 2012 11:25 p.m. PST |
Henry Newbolt, after the battle of Abu Klea, where an entire Bn was found dead in square… I also like this latter, although since it came from the music halls, it was frowned upon at skool: 'Weep not my boys, for those who fell,
They did not flinch nor fear.
They stood their ground like Englishmen,
and died at Abu Klea…' |
Early morning writer  | 14 Apr 2012 11:28 p.m. PST |
A well done cliff hanger, sir. I await the next… |
| GarrisonMiniatures | 15 Apr 2012 3:00 a.m. PST |
I wouldn't say they all died….. link link 71/74 dead and 64/100 wounded out of 1100/1400. |
| Shark Six Three Zero | 15 Apr 2012 6:09 a.m. PST |
Great stuff….I can't wait until the next update. |
 Florida Tory | 15 Apr 2012 8:41 a.m. PST |
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 andygamer | 15 Apr 2012 11:18 a.m. PST |
Were any of the officers eaten by tigers in the night? |
| abdul666lw | 16 Apr 2012 9:57 a.m. PST |
Were any of the officers eaten by tigers in the night?
Excellent indeed!
Let's wish for the soldiers their next encounter will be a tribe of friendly cave girls -no Lost World without such.
Hoping they'll not have the same… demobilizing effect as the vahinés had on the crew of the Bounty.
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| sumerandaccad | 17 Apr 2012 8:37 a.m. PST |
Excellent report full of excitement and suspense.
But, aroused animals? Was it the mating season? What did the soldiers fear? |
| ge2002bill | 17 Apr 2012 11:07 a.m. PST |
Chaps, Pards and Good Fellows All,
Thank you for your generously written applause and interest in the AAR. Your comments are very appreciated. ----------------------------
Some in the Column are just beginning to think there may be something singularly odd/unusual/extraordinary about Terra Incognita. For aroused animal or insect life see:
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Chapter XI Terra Incognita
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Chapter XII: Astounding Sights
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Chapter XIII Primordial Dread
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For those new to the story, you may want to start at the beginning with Chapter I Alexandra In Peril:
link and advance from there to Chapter XIV, Terrible Battle.
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Respectfully,
Bill |
