The Major’s on the flank,
The Captains and the Adjutant
Are in the foremost rank.
But when it’s “Action front!”
And fighting’s to be done,
Come one, come all, you stand or fall
By the man who holds the gun.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
I got a biscuit from Tibby Tennant, and was eating it when I got shot. M‘Phail was beside me, and dressed my wounds as well as he could: Pte. Clark, Highland Light Infantry.