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Date Posted: Fri, September 02 2022, 7:49:15
Author: kgp
Subject: QOTD for Friday, September 2, 2022

The following quotation is from Written In my Own Heart’s Blood by Diana Gabaldon. Copyright 2014 All Rights Reserved. Chapter 81 Among The Tombstones


Only a few men had loaded weapons, but sometimes it took only one. A shot rang out from behind him, and the British officer who was shouting stopped shouting and staggered. He clutched himself, curling up and falling to his knees, and someone shot him again. He jerked backward, then fell over sideways.

There was a roar from the British line, which dissolved at once into a rush, some men pausing long enough to fix their bayonets, others wielding their guns like clubs. The Americans met them, mindless and shrieking, with guns and fists.One militiaman reached the fallen officer, seized him by the legs, and began to drag him away toward the church, perhaps with the notion to take him prisoner, perhaps to get him help . . .

A British soldier threw himself upon the American, who stumbled backward and fell, loosing his hold on the officer. Jamie was running, shouting, trying to gather the men, but it was no use; they’d lost their wits altogether in the madness of fighting, and whatever their original intent in seizing the officer, they’d lost that, too.

Leaderless, so had the British soldiers, some of whom were now engaged in a grotesque tug-of-war with two Americans, each grasping the limbs of the dead - for surely he must be now, if he hadn’t been killed outright - British officer.

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[> The confusion and madness of battle. I'm so grateful I've never been exposed to this in my lifetime. So far anyway... -- DianaH, Fri, September 02 2022, 9:52:59

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[> [> I'm glad Diana is so talented at rendering the chaos and that she doesn't gloss over or glorify the battle scenes. -- kgp, Fri, September 02 2022, 15:11:00

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