Great British Lion Designs أُعيد تغريده

Gandamak, 1842. A shattered column reduced to a final stand, 20 officers and 45 men of the 44th Regiment of Foot, men largely from south-eastern England, surrounded on a snowy hill near the village. Just 20 working muskets, two shots each. The Afghans offered them their lives if they surrendered. A British sergeant answered: not bloody likely. That was the character of the British soldier, steady under pressure, stubborn in the face of death, unwilling to yield. They chose certain death over surrender, fired what they had, then fixed bayonets and fought to the last.
Remember who you come from 🏴 🇬🇧

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