Zulu
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The Secretary of State for War |
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from Lord Chelmsford, |
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...Commander-in-Chief of Her Majesty's |
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"I regret to report |
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which took place on the morning |
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between the armies of the Zulu king |
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and our Number 3 Column, |
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of the 1 st Battalion, |
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and one company |
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a total of nearly 1,500 men, |
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"The Zulus, in overwhelming numbers, |
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on the slopes of the mountain |
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and in spite of gallant |
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What did he ask, Father? |
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Whether a man of God like myself |
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to see so many warriors married |
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How can he imagine |
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Do you think I said it pleased me, |
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I told him I was unhappy |
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who may soon become widows. |
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That was a very good answer, Father. |
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Why do they have those little spears? |
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It's a symbol of their chastity, |
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It's splendid, I know, but |
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The Book says, "What went ye |
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- "A man clothed in soft raiment?" |
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You must understand these things |
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That's why I brought you here. |
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They are a great people, daughter. |
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But how can they |
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Young girls to... to old men. |
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In Europe, young women accept |
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Perhaps the Zulu girls are luckier. |
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Margareta. |
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- Wait. Alright. |
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Wait, Margareta. |
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- O Lord in heaven! |
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1,000 British soldiers |
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While I stood here talking peace, |
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Ishiwan! |
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Ishiwan! |
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Yes. It's their name for our mission |
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- They're going to destroy it. |
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There are British soldiers |
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- But only a handful. |
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- It's a hospital. Tell him. |
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We must get there. |
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Father! |
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- Alright, Corporal Allen. |
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Right turn. |
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Quick march. |
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Colour Sergeant Bourne, |
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A rifle, Hughes. |
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If you're sick in hospital, |
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Yes, Colour Sergeant. |
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Hookie, |
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- Who do you think? |
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Mr Bromhead |
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for the officers' dinner. |
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I wish he'd bring us |
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I wonder |
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Same as usual. |
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Which one has got the bullet? |
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Shut up, you cripple! |
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Come on, make your mind up. |
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- It's turning blue. |
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It's under that one. |
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The boy's clever. The boy's good. |
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Five rounds! |
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Independent! Fire! |
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Stuff me with green apples. |
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If a dog was as sick as him, |
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Five rounds! Independent! |
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Fire! |
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Shut up, you rotten, sick... |
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Why don't you leave him alone? |
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He's sick enough. You'll kill him! |
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Wouldn't bother Hookie, would it? |
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Wouldn't bother if Maxfield was dead. |
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I don't care if you were all dead. |
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Rorke's Drift. It'd take an Irishman |
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to a rotten, stinking |
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Hold that pont! |
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- Corporal Allen? |
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- Get some men in the water! |
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You heard that officer of Engineers. |
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Heave! Put a bit more weight |
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He's even got a voice |
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Sort of like a female hippopotamus |
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- Hot work? |
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Still, the river cools you off |
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- Who are you? |
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Bromhead. 24th. |
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That's my post, up there. |
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You've come down from the column? |
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Right. They want a bridge |
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Who said you could use my men? |
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They were sitting on their backsides |
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I'd rather you asked first, old boy. |
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I was told their officer |
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Yes. |
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I'll tell my man to clean your kit. |
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- Don't bother. |
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I'm not offering to clean it myself. |
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A chap ought to look smart |
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Don't you think? |
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Well, chin-chin. Do carry on |
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You. |
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- What's your name? |
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Sir. |
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- Are you supposed to be here? |
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Well, not exactly. You see, sir... |
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Only, you've got my solo tenor |
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- I've got your what? |
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We were going to practise this |
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But you've got my only solo tenor |
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Well, I hope he sings |
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Indeed, sir. He does. |
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Every piece of wood in this |
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The heat and the dust, sir. |
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Mr Bromhead lets you have a choir? |
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Every Welsh regiment has a choir, |
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Mr Bromhead is English, |
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There's no doubt of that. |
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- And what do you sing? |
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Good. |
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I can find work for baritones |
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See what you make of that. |
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- Two riders. |
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Very wonderful things, |
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- Corporal Allen? |
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Get your party ashore at the double. |
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Alright, you heard |
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Make fast and back to the bank. Move. |
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Come on, lad. |
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- Trouble, sir? |
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I can anchor the ponts midstream. |
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This is a situation you think |
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- No, sir. Beg your pardon, sir. |
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We ain't finished the bridge, sir. |
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- Fall them in, Corporal. |
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Get fell in, you men. |
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Left turn. |
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Left wheel. By the left. |
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Left, left. |
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Left, left, left, right, left. |
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Hey, you! What's going on down there? |
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- They're building barricades. |
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Ride like hell. Tell them |
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Corporal, I want all these people |
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Douse these fires |
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- They've got soup in them. |
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- Get a rifle. |
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Mr Chard? Mr Chard? |
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- Commissary Dalton, is it? |
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- You've just asked this man... |
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See that he does it. All these bags |
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I don't want these tents |
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Does he know what it's like to make |
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Don't distress yourself, dear fellow. |
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- Go and speak with him. |
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Chard? |
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This is Adendorff, |
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From Isandhlwana. |
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You've come from there? |
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Alright, man, is it true? |
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Beg your pardon, sir. |
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What about the soup? |
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This gentleman, sir, |
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- He did? |
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No need to make the Zulus |
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Yes. |
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Then get on with it. |
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- There's a good fellow. |
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The entire column. |
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- It's damned impossible. 800 men? |
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There were 400 native levies also. |
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Damn the levies. |
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What the hell do you mean, |
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They died on your side. |
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Who do you think is coming |
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the Grenadier Guards? |
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What the deuce is the matter |
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- Adendorff? Are you staying? |
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Talk to our levies, will you? |
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Did the runner bring orders? |
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He brought orders |
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- To do what? |
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To hold our ground? |
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What military genius |
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Somebody's son and heir, |
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who got a commission |
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I rather fancy |
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- Who are they? |
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- Witts? |
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This is their station. |
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They've chosen a damned odd time |
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I think you better |
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Are you giving me an order, old boy? |
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Bromhead? |
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Let's get one thing clear. |
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- I came here to build a bridge. |
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Otherwise, you would've been chopped |
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Alright. What's the date |
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Now don't tell me. |
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1872. May. |
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1872. February. |
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Oh, well. I suppose there |
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- You question my right to command? |
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We can... cooperate, as they say. |
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- I'll be here, won't I? |
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Have you been here long enough |
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Erm... |
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Not since we've been chatting, no. |
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I've started the barricades, though. |
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Who's the sergeant with the muscles? |
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Sgt Windridge. Good man. |
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Not you again? |
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Yes, sir, Surgeon Reynolds. |
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The only trouble is |
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Pretty terrible pain, sir. |
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Alright. Off with your vest. |
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- Now, sir? |
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Yes, sir. |
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It's cruel to bend, sir. |
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You know what you've got there, |
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No, sir. Hook's the name, sir. |
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You've got a fine, handsome boil, |
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There's one glistening boil |
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You may not win many medals |
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But you'll certainly get more boils. |
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For every gunshot wound I probe, |
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Medicinal brandy would set me up. |
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Brandy's for heroes. |
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The rest of you will make do |
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flies in your meat |
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Now, then. This is going to hurt you |
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I'm happy to say. |
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Mr Bromhead? Cetewayo is coming |
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You must talk to Lt Chard, Mr Witt. |
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I am ready to take away |
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Please supply the wagons. |
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One moment, Miss Margareta. |
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I don't suppose |
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I am a man of peace, sir. |
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Allow a Queen's officer |
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Now, how do you know |
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We have just come from his kraal. |
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Your parish? Are you sure you're on |
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I am here to do my duty. |
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What's our strength? |
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Seven officers, |
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And Adendorff now, I suppose. |
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Fit for duty, 97. |
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Not much of an army for you. |
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There are 4,000 Zulus |
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You must abandon this mission. |
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Mr Chard? |
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Adendorff sent his trooper |
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- There's a relief column there. |
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Mr Bromhead, issue our walking |
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You will all be killed |
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And now the sick in their beds. |
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I don't think so, Mr Witt. |
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The army doesn't like |
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Looks bad in the newspapers and |
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Sir, the Book says, "There is no king |
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that can be saved |
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Mr Witt? |
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When I have the impertinence |
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and deliver a sermon, |
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It is not your duty |
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Are you a student of tactics too, |
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Are you a Christian? |
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Sgt Windridge? |
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It is your duty |
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Not that way, Miss Witt. |
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- Sir. |
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Sergeant, put two good men |
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Tell them to keep their eyes peeled. |
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- Mr Bromhead, sir? |
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Carry on, Sgt Windridge, |
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Colour Sergeant Bourne? |
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I had a calf like you once, |
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I'll get you some milk. |
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Would you like that, then? |
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What the hell do you think |
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Owen! |
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Yes, Sergeant? |
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- You've got a voice? |
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Get up on that hill |
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You too. |
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And take your bandook, |
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The classical attack of the Zulus |
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The head, the horns and the loins. |
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First, the head moves forward. |
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But it's only a feint. |
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The warriors in the head disperse |
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The enemy is drawn in on the loins. |
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The horns close in |
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Finish. |
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It looks jolly simple, doesn't it? |
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It's jolly deadly, old boy. |
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Well done. |
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No, thanks. I'm a Boer. |
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The Zulus are the enemies of |
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You don't object to our help? |
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It depends what you damned English |
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Alright. Hospital. Church. |
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Cattle kraal. Stables. |
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An outside perimeter |
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We don't move out to meet |
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We hold the outside perimeter. |
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into this area here. How high |
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It should be shoulder high. |
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But if the fuzzies |
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they could be here, well, now. |
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It's just a matter of time. |
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We'll have to make the time. |
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Your only plan is to stand behind |
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and wait for the attack? |
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That's right. We wait. |
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If 1,200 men couldn't hold |
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what chance have we with 100? |
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Listen, I'll take the company |
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I know how to disperse them. |
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Ambush, you see? |
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Bromhead? I want that line of boxes |
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from the cattle kraal |
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If they get over this... redoubt. |
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And a final redoubt here. |
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Put it in the middle. |
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What are you doing in here? |
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This is a church! Don't you realise, |
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I'm sorry. There's nothing larger. |
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There's no chloroform. |
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Go to the hospital. |
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I want cold water, lots of it, |
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Don't take it too badly, Mr Witt. |
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Isn't this as good a place as any |
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Excuse me, sir. Tuck your heads in |
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Sorry, sir. I have orders |
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Alright, get on with it. |
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I was praying that your officer |
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That's right, sir. A prayer's as good |
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- Have you prayed? |
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What will you say? |
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Pick it up. |
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My father was a lay preacher. |
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A great one for the Psalms, he was. |
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There was one that might have been |
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Say it, man. Lift your voice to God. |
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- Now, sir? |
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They know my voice. |
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Let them hear it now |
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Call upon him. Call upon him, man, |
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As far as I can remember, sir, |
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"He maketh wars to cease |
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he breaketh the bow |
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and snappeth the spear in sunder." |
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"I shall be exalted |
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I shall be exalted in the earth. |
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That's it, sir. |
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Nobody told you to stop working. |
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You lead-backsided... Get sweating. |
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I've been thinking. |
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I've got it all sorted out. |
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Company! |
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What are you doing here, Miss? |
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He doesn't need any help. |
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Won't I? |
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You are all to be evacuated soon |
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- Who says? |
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That's nice, isn't it? Your father. |
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You and me, Hookie. |
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Here we are. |
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What are you talking about? |
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What are you doing? |
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I'm making a loophole, see? |
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Me and Hookie's gonna fight in here. |
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You're joking! I'm sick. |
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Nobody's got any right to ask me |
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I'm getting out. |
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- Private Hook! |
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Yes, Sergeant. |
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I know you, Hook. |
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Yeah, you ought to. |
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You're no good, Hook. |
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They gave us you |
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except the Queen and Sgt Maxfield. |
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Thank you very much, the both of you. |
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Take this rifle, Hook, and get to it! |
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I'll make a soldier of you yet. |
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What for? Did I ever see a Zulu |
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So what am I doing here? |
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You are here |
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- And you still are one... |
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...Hook, my lad. |
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And now, you can be a soldier, |
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You got me 28 days' field punishment |
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Pick up the bayonet |
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And put your tunic on! |
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28 days' field punishment. No pay. |
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Know what he did? |
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What did you do that for? |
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You hate him for it? |
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What do you want me to do? |
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Give him a big kiss? |
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I thought you might pray for him. |
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She's a dry one. Very cool. |
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You know what she needs. |
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Play your cards right, |
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Can I help anyone? |
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There will be wagons soon |
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He's dying. |
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Nothing? |
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There must be. |
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- 'Shun! |
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Are there any walking sick |
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Me. |
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You, Dutchy? |
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This is not my first action. Come on. |
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Are you expecting sick men to fight? |
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What's he going to do, 593? |
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I think he wants to be a hero, 716. |
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Haven't you red necks got names |
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This is a Welsh regiment, man. |
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Though there are some foreigners |
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I am Jones from Bwlchgwyn. |
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There are four more Joneses |
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Confusing, isn't it, Dutchy? |
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What's your name, then? |
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It's Schiess. And I'm not Dutch. |
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There's a silly man, by damn. |
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I belong to Natal Mounted Police. |
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Is that true, then? |
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Come to arrest the Zulus. |
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What do you know about Zulus? |
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Bunch of savages. |
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Hmm! |
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Alright, how far can you red necks |
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15, 20 miles, is it? |
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A Zulu regiment can run 50 miles |
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There's daft. I don't see no sense |
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What are you doing here? |
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No. Not until you have gone. |
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You know Cetewayo has a regiment |
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called Ripen At Noon. |
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There's pretty. |
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Hey, come on. Come on. Here. |
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Here! Give us... Just a little kiss? |
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Come on! |
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Hey, boys! Take a look at this. |
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- What is it, boyo? |
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No, by damn, it's horses! |
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The cavalry! |
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It's the relief column, |
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Colour Sergeant? |
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Sir? |
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Stephenson, Darnford's Horse. |
00:48:07 |
- Thank God you're here. |
00:48:10 |
There are 4,000 Zulus |
00:48:12 |
Can you throw out your men |
00:48:15 |
You know how Zulus feel |
00:48:17 |
I know how my men feel about Zulus. |
00:48:20 |
- Stephenson. |
00:48:23 |
Your whole regiment's gone. |
00:48:26 |
Bromhead? You know this man. |
00:48:29 |
I'm sorry. Look at my men. |
00:48:31 |
Stand fast, all of you! |
00:48:33 |
Where are they going? |
00:48:36 |
- Let go of my bridle! |
00:48:39 |
If they're going to die, |
00:48:42 |
You're the professionals. |
00:48:44 |
We need you! Don't go! |
00:48:53 |
We need you, damn you! |
00:49:05 |
You didn't say a single word to help. |
00:49:08 |
When you take command, old boy, |
00:49:11 |
The first lesson the General, |
00:50:04 |
Alright, then. |
00:50:07 |
Nobody told you to stop working. |
00:50:18 |
Brothers! The way |
00:50:24 |
"Thou shalt not kill," |
00:50:27 |
Brothers! |
00:50:32 |
God's love is peace. |
00:50:35 |
- Colour Sergeant Bourne? |
00:50:37 |
Stay not to kill and be killed. |
00:50:49 |
The sin of Cain will be upon you. |
00:50:51 |
"Am I my brother's keeper?" |
00:50:54 |
Yea, we are all our brother's keeper. |
00:51:01 |
"The nations |
00:51:04 |
and are counted as the small dust |
00:51:12 |
Bring him along. |
00:51:20 |
Mr Witt, |
00:51:23 |
Sir, they've all hopped it. |
00:51:31 |
Give me those wagons |
00:51:39 |
You want the wagons? |
00:51:41 |
Mr Bourne? Windridge? |
00:51:45 |
God loves a sinner |
00:52:05 |
Hey, we're in luck. |
00:52:08 |
Looks like the old parson |
00:52:32 |
Heave! |
00:52:45 |
Right, lads. Heave. |
00:52:48 |
Heave. |
00:53:14 |
O Lord God, give me strength! |
00:53:18 |
Oh, God! God forgive me. |
00:53:22 |
I have the strength of thousands |
00:53:27 |
Colour Sergeant Bourne? |
00:53:34 |
Oh, God, forgive me. |
00:53:36 |
Get him away from here. |
00:53:45 |
Leave him alone! |
00:53:48 |
Miss Witt! |
00:53:52 |
Animals! All of you! |
00:53:55 |
- Animals! |
00:53:57 |
We shall not go. If you send us away, |
00:54:01 |
Lock him in the storeroom. |
00:54:04 |
Alright, men, get back to work. |
00:54:08 |
And you...! Put Miss Witt |
00:54:36 |
It was sad, you know. And sick. |
00:54:40 |
Had a battle coming, see? |
00:54:44 |
Why worry about a calf? |
00:54:46 |
I thought I was tired of farming. |
00:54:50 |
But when you look at it, |
00:54:53 |
this country's not a bit as good |
00:54:56 |
Not really green, like. |
00:55:00 |
And the soil. |
00:55:06 |
There's no moisture in it. |
00:55:11 |
Nothing to hold a man in his grave. |
00:55:27 |
Chard? One of my men, Hook. |
00:55:30 |
- Do you know him? |
00:55:32 |
In the hospital, malingering, |
00:55:35 |
He's a thief, a coward and |
00:55:39 |
- And you've given him a rifle. |
00:55:42 |
In Queen's regulations, |
00:55:58 |
Damn funny. |
00:56:00 |
Like a... |
00:56:36 |
You were saying about Hook? |
00:56:45 |
Mr Bromhead, sir? |
00:56:48 |
Colour Sergeant? |
00:56:50 |
- Sir? |
00:56:57 |
Very good, sir. The sentries |
00:57:01 |
Thousands of them. |
00:57:10 |
Alright, Colour Sergeant, stand to. |
00:57:20 |
Stand... to. |
00:57:49 |
Look to your front. Mark the orders. |
00:57:53 |
Mark the target when it comes. |
00:57:57 |
Mark your target when it comes. |
00:58:00 |
Look to your front. |
00:58:05 |
Mark your target. Look to your front. |
00:58:10 |
- Hitch, do your tunic up. |
00:58:14 |
Do it up. |
00:58:17 |
Look to your front. |
00:58:19 |
Mark your target when it comes. |
00:58:23 |
- Mark your target when it comes. |
00:58:26 |
Mark the orders. |
00:58:44 |
Boy? You hear me, boy? |
00:58:48 |
Will you be Cain |
00:58:51 |
"Thou shalt not kill," |
00:58:54 |
You believe in the Lord's word, |
00:58:59 |
Obey the word, boy. Obey the Lord. |
00:59:04 |
Go to the others. |
00:59:06 |
Boy, go to the others. |
00:59:15 |
He's... |
00:59:18 |
- Mr Witt says... |
00:59:28 |
You get along back to the ramparts |
00:59:32 |
Yes, sir. |
00:59:43 |
Mr Witt, sir? Be quiet now, will you? |
00:59:47 |
You'll upset the lads. |
01:00:08 |
- You know my father was at Waterloo. |
01:00:11 |
He got his colonelcy after that. |
01:00:15 |
Did he? |
01:00:17 |
And my great-grandfather, |
01:00:20 |
he was the johnny |
01:00:24 |
Did they make him a colonel too? |
01:00:29 |
No, |
01:00:33 |
You're telling me you're |
01:00:37 |
No. What I mean is... |
01:00:40 |
I mean, I wish right now... |
01:00:44 |
...I were a damned ranker, |
01:00:46 |
like Hook or Hitch. |
01:00:50 |
You're not, are you? |
01:00:52 |
You're an officer and a gentleman. |
01:00:55 |
Listen. |
01:00:59 |
That damned train again. |
01:01:52 |
"He breaketh the bow |
01:01:54 |
and snappeth the spear in sunder!" |
01:01:58 |
"I will be exalted |
01:02:02 |
"I will be exalted in the earth." |
01:02:05 |
"The Lord of hosts is with us." |
01:02:09 |
I hope so. |
01:02:29 |
Company will fix bayonets! |
01:02:34 |
Fix! |
01:02:38 |
Bayonets! |
01:02:44 |
Attention! |
01:02:50 |
You slovenly soldier, Hitch. |
01:05:40 |
Load! |
01:07:27 |
North rampart, stand fast! |
01:07:32 |
South rampart... at 100 yards! |
01:07:38 |
Volley fire! |
01:07:41 |
Present! |
01:08:01 |
Fire! |
01:08:03 |
Reload! |
01:08:14 |
Fire! |
01:08:18 |
Fire! |
01:08:20 |
Reload! |
01:08:21 |
Independent, fire at will! |
01:08:26 |
That's very nice of him. |
01:08:51 |
- They're just asking for it. |
01:08:55 |
Mark your targets before you fire. |
01:09:02 |
Adendorff, what's wrong with them? |
01:09:04 |
- Why don't they fight? |
01:09:07 |
What? |
01:09:09 |
See that old boy up on the hill? |
01:09:12 |
He's counting your guns. |
01:09:13 |
Testing your firing power |
01:09:32 |
Cease firing! |
01:09:43 |
- Well? |
01:09:48 |
Stand fast! |
01:09:51 |
60. We dropped at least 60, |
01:09:54 |
That leaves only 3,940. |
01:09:58 |
"Rise up, my love, |
01:10:03 |
"Behold, thou art fair, my love!" |
01:10:07 |
How long? |
01:10:10 |
10, 15 minutes. Maybe less. |
01:10:13 |
As soon as they've regrouped. |
01:10:15 |
"Thy lips |
01:10:19 |
and thy speech is comely." |
01:10:24 |
He can't be! |
01:10:26 |
He is. Drunk as a lord. |
01:10:31 |
- 15 minutes. |
01:10:36 |
Colour Sergeant Bourne? |
01:10:37 |
"Many waters cannot quench love, |
01:10:42 |
neither can the floods drown it." |
01:10:46 |
Yes, sir, the gentleman has a bottle. |
01:10:49 |
Then get him out of here. |
01:10:51 |
Put him on his cart. |
01:10:54 |
The sooner we get rid of them |
01:11:01 |
Chard. They won't stand a chance |
01:11:05 |
They're Witt's parishioners. |
01:11:07 |
But the woman, |
01:11:11 |
Do you, Bromhead? |
01:11:13 |
Because you will |
01:11:25 |
Come along, sir. |
01:11:35 |
Alright, pick him up. |
01:11:43 |
"I have sinned against heaven, |
01:11:52 |
Oh, no! |
01:12:06 |
Father! |
01:12:14 |
"Peace be within thy walls..." |
01:12:18 |
Father! |
01:12:24 |
Drive with the sun at your back. |
01:12:28 |
Sergeant! |
01:12:30 |
- Father! |
01:12:35 |
Try to understand him, Miss Witt. |
01:12:39 |
Death awaits you! |
01:12:41 |
You have made a covenant with death |
01:12:46 |
You're all going to die! |
01:12:49 |
Don't you realise? |
01:12:51 |
Can't you see? |
01:12:54 |
You're all going to die! |
01:13:01 |
Die! |
01:13:05 |
- Death awaits you all! |
01:13:09 |
Die! |
01:13:10 |
Why is it us? |
01:13:12 |
- Die! |
01:13:15 |
Because we're here, lad, |
01:13:21 |
Just us. |
01:13:29 |
Colour Sergeant. |
01:13:31 |
Right, now get back to your posts. |
01:14:36 |
Here they come again! |
01:14:42 |
Volley! |
01:14:44 |
Fire! |
01:14:53 |
- I can't see a bloody one now. |
01:14:59 |
Reload! |
01:15:52 |
There they go! |
01:15:55 |
Eyes front. Look to the front! |
01:15:58 |
What the devil's going on? |
01:16:02 |
Tell me what's happening. |
01:16:04 |
They're on both sides! |
01:16:06 |
We haven't enough men |
01:16:08 |
Can't you take some from the south? |
01:16:10 |
How will we hold that if we do? |
01:16:12 |
Adendorff, are they going to hit us |
01:16:15 |
I told you, remember. |
01:16:18 |
The south could have been a feint. |
01:16:21 |
We can't man the whole perimeter. |
01:16:32 |
Alright, Bromhead, |
01:16:34 |
one section in three. |
01:16:37 |
Reinforce the north wall. |
01:16:39 |
But if they do come |
01:16:42 |
Get on with it, Mr Bromhead. |
01:16:46 |
Colour Sergeant Bourne, |
01:16:49 |
from sections one, three and five |
01:16:56 |
Come on, then, at the double. |
01:16:59 |
First two. |
01:17:02 |
Follow me. |
01:17:06 |
Where would you like me? |
01:17:09 |
You pick your own ground. |
01:17:12 |
It's your country, isn't it? |
01:18:14 |
Hey, who left the door open? |
01:18:25 |
Blazes! Where did they get those? |
01:18:27 |
Off the bodies of your regiment |
01:18:29 |
That's a bitter pill, |
01:18:44 |
Keep your heads down. |
01:18:49 |
- Corporal Allen! |
01:18:51 |
This is your section now. |
01:18:53 |
Keep the heads |
01:18:55 |
- Can't see none of 'em, sir. |
01:18:59 |
- Keep them pinned down, not us. |
01:19:03 |
Fire at the smoke. |
01:19:33 |
Mr Bromhead! |
01:19:39 |
- Not the best of shots, are they? |
01:19:42 |
I'll need more than one |
01:19:45 |
You're not. |
01:19:48 |
Take head on |
01:19:51 |
- It's still a holding action? |
01:19:53 |
Your job is to plug the gaps |
01:19:56 |
- And get yourself a good sergeant. |
01:20:32 |
Hitch! Get down! |
01:20:34 |
How can I shoot them |
01:20:39 |
Hitch! |
01:20:41 |
My leg! Corp! |
01:21:06 |
Corp? |
01:21:09 |
Can I undo my tunic buttons now, |
01:21:27 |
Stretcher bearers! |
01:21:34 |
Come on, attack, damn you! |
01:21:43 |
Here they come! |
01:21:47 |
North wall, volley fire! Present! |
01:21:49 |
At 100 yards! |
01:21:53 |
Fire! |
01:21:55 |
Reload! |
01:21:56 |
Independent, fire at will! |
01:23:33 |
- Bromhead! |
01:23:38 |
Bromhead! |
01:24:55 |
Mr Chard, I'll get you help. |
01:25:24 |
Keep our squad on the wall, Sergeant. |
01:25:31 |
Chard! Are you alright? |
01:25:36 |
Take... command. |
01:25:42 |
Corporal! |
01:25:45 |
You're the professional. |
01:25:48 |
- Take command. |
01:25:50 |
Now, listen, old boy, |
01:25:53 |
We need you! |
01:25:58 |
Get him to Surgeon Reynolds. |
01:26:00 |
Take command. You want it, don't you? |
01:26:02 |
- Sergeant Windridge! |
01:26:26 |
Scalpel. |
01:26:32 |
Orderly, damn it! |
01:26:37 |
Fan it! |
01:26:39 |
Damn you, Chard! |
01:26:55 |
Why? |
01:27:03 |
It's alright, boy, you sleep. |
01:27:06 |
I'm damned if I can tell you why. |
01:27:14 |
You know this boy? |
01:27:16 |
Name of Cole, sir. |
01:27:21 |
He's a dead paperhanger now. |
01:27:24 |
Orderlies! |
01:27:39 |
Are you alright? |
01:28:00 |
There they go, boys. After 'em! |
01:28:02 |
Stand fast! They're retiring, sir. |
01:28:06 |
North wall, hold your fire. |
01:28:09 |
Down! |
01:28:15 |
What is it? Another blasted trick? |
01:28:17 |
They're forming up |
01:28:19 |
I knew it! They're going to attack |
01:28:23 |
I doubt it, not unless |
01:28:26 |
The old general |
01:28:29 |
for fear of hitting his own men. |
01:28:31 |
This way, he probes |
01:28:34 |
while he keeps the other pinned down. |
01:28:36 |
Yes. |
01:28:48 |
They're on the move, sir! |
01:28:50 |
North wall, keep those riflemen |
01:28:54 |
South wall, volley fire! |
01:28:56 |
Present! |
01:29:03 |
Fire! |
01:29:05 |
Reload! |
01:29:09 |
- Hookie, do something! |
01:29:12 |
- I haven't excused you, have I? |
01:29:15 |
Why didn't you say so? |
01:29:35 |
This rifle! |
01:29:37 |
Now, now, you heard |
01:29:41 |
But if it really came down to it, |
01:29:46 |
Careful! Pop that chap, somebody! |
01:29:53 |
Good fellow. Good fellow. |
01:29:55 |
You see? |
01:29:58 |
Sir! |
01:30:30 |
You're doing fine. |
01:30:32 |
Where... |
01:30:35 |
You want to rest here a bit? |
01:30:44 |
Watch it! |
01:30:51 |
Can you move your leg? |
01:30:53 |
- If you want me to dance. |
01:30:55 |
Come on, you slovenly soldier, |
01:31:06 |
It's alright, sir, |
01:31:08 |
- I'm alright. |
01:31:11 |
I'll try to get someone to help you. |
01:31:14 |
I can manage. |
01:31:20 |
Here. |
01:31:28 |
Here. |
01:31:35 |
Hold them! |
01:31:42 |
Hey, Noel, Tommy, look! |
01:31:48 |
Oh, my God! |
01:31:49 |
Bromhead, reorganise your |
01:31:54 |
But I... Yes, sir, of course. |
01:31:57 |
Sir. |
01:31:59 |
- Well done, Corporal. Stand by. |
01:32:09 |
Colour Sergeant Bourne! |
01:32:15 |
Sir? Are you alright, sir? |
01:32:18 |
Thank you, Mr Bourne. |
01:32:22 |
The men on the church roof, |
01:32:24 |
have them support your fire |
01:32:28 |
- Corporal? |
01:32:29 |
Section on the roof, bring your |
01:32:33 |
Fire at the smoke. |
01:32:34 |
The men on the hospital loopholes, |
01:32:39 |
Bring them to the front windows |
01:32:43 |
Colour Sergeant? |
01:32:45 |
- Sir. |
01:32:47 |
An even number, sir? |
01:32:49 |
- Form two lines on the double. |
01:33:04 |
Company! |
01:33:07 |
Company! En garde! |
01:33:21 |
Fall back! Clear the line of fire! |
01:33:26 |
Front rank! Fire! |
01:33:29 |
Rear rank! |
01:33:30 |
Fire! Advance! |
01:34:16 |
Independent, fire at will! |
01:34:38 |
Cease firing! |
01:35:35 |
Hey, Thomas. There's some water. |
01:35:37 |
Oh, thank God! |
01:35:56 |
- 470 Davies was hit, you know. |
01:36:00 |
Aye, in the throat. |
01:36:04 |
What a pity. |
01:36:06 |
The man is a great bass baritone. |
01:36:09 |
In the throat, is it? |
01:36:11 |
Aye. |
01:36:13 |
Hey, where are you going? |
01:36:14 |
- I'm going to see that calf, man. |
01:36:19 |
Tommy! |
01:36:22 |
Mr Bourne, there should be 12 more |
01:36:27 |
They're very tired, sir. |
01:36:30 |
I don't give a damn. |
01:36:32 |
I want this nine foot high, |
01:36:36 |
Form details to clear away |
01:36:39 |
Rebuild the south ramparts. |
01:36:41 |
Keep them moving. |
01:36:44 |
- You understand? |
01:36:47 |
Very good, sir. |
01:36:55 |
Alright, lads, keep it moving. |
01:37:07 |
We're next, boys. |
01:37:13 |
Even if those flaming officers |
01:37:19 |
- Howarth, put your money up. |
01:37:22 |
What bloody good |
01:37:25 |
- We're all goners! |
01:37:31 |
Hey, Hookie. |
01:37:34 |
Hughsie. |
01:37:37 |
There's brandy in Reynolds' |
01:37:41 |
- It's locked up. |
01:37:43 |
Hey, that's company punishment. |
01:37:46 |
Company punishment. |
01:37:48 |
On the right. |
01:37:50 |
Form close columns of platoons. |
01:37:53 |
- By the right! |
01:38:12 |
Oh dear. |
01:38:15 |
Well, your mum will need somebody |
01:38:38 |
Stand to! |
01:38:40 |
Alright, alright, I can hear you. |
01:40:39 |
Out you get, Hookie, |
01:40:55 |
Quick! Thousands of 'em! 612! |
01:41:10 |
Knock a hole in that wall! |
01:41:40 |
Better get down now, sir. |
01:41:46 |
Sir! |
01:41:49 |
Get down now, sir! |
01:41:58 |
No! Jones, it's me! |
01:42:01 |
Come on, get through, |
01:42:18 |
Get out! |
01:42:43 |
Jonesy! |
01:42:57 |
Come on up! |
01:43:13 |
Get to Surgeon Reynolds. |
01:43:30 |
Hook! |
01:43:32 |
I know you! |
01:43:35 |
What about the money |
01:43:37 |
Hook! |
01:43:56 |
That's it, Hook, my lad! |
01:43:58 |
That's it! |
01:44:08 |
Hookie! |
01:44:17 |
Stay where you are, Maxfield! |
01:44:22 |
Hookie! |
01:44:25 |
Get out! |
01:44:30 |
That's my boy, Hook! |
01:44:32 |
You're a soldier now! |
01:44:36 |
Where's my bloody sergeant? |
01:44:56 |
Get out! Come on! |
01:45:08 |
Is everybody out? On the wall. |
01:45:12 |
Hookie? Where's Hookie? Come down! |
01:45:36 |
Hookie! That's a flogging offence! |
01:45:44 |
Get out, for God's sake, man! |
01:45:57 |
- Everybody out? |
01:46:03 |
- Abandon the outside ramparts. |
01:47:21 |
Colour Sergeant, |
01:47:24 |
Sir! |
01:47:25 |
Alright, |
01:47:49 |
Look at that. |
01:47:52 |
- Do you think he wanted it that way? |
01:48:05 |
Any more in there? |
01:48:10 |
Then we'll have to take them |
01:48:17 |
- Colour Sergeant Bourne. |
01:48:23 |
Hey, Owen? |
01:48:26 |
- Are you awake, man? |
01:48:29 |
I didn't think it was going to die. |
01:48:32 |
- Can you see something? |
01:48:38 |
There's sorry I am. |
01:48:40 |
Aye. |
01:48:41 |
Seems a pity, doesn't it? |
01:48:49 |
How many times have they come |
01:48:52 |
I don't know. |
01:49:00 |
I think they've got more guts |
01:49:07 |
Soldiers! |
01:49:25 |
Alright, back to your posts. |
01:49:27 |
You, hold there. |
01:49:29 |
Orderly, see to these men. |
01:50:13 |
Colour Sergeant. |
01:50:17 |
Put a third of our men |
01:50:20 |
Send the bugler to me. |
01:50:24 |
I was asleep, sir. |
01:50:27 |
You let me sleep? |
01:50:30 |
You shouldn't have done that. |
01:50:39 |
Is there any water? |
01:50:41 |
I sent what was left to Reynolds. |
01:50:44 |
Yes, of course. |
01:50:47 |
It's fear dries the mouth, isn't it? |
01:50:52 |
When a man's as thirsty as this. |
01:50:56 |
I could have drunk a river. |
01:51:03 |
Thank you for what you said. |
01:51:07 |
Hmm? |
01:51:09 |
Oh, you mean about our needing you? |
01:51:12 |
Yes. |
01:51:18 |
Sir? |
01:51:21 |
Come with me. |
01:51:31 |
Get in the redoubt, my lucky lads. |
01:51:34 |
Make a move. |
01:51:37 |
Come on. |
01:52:19 |
Alright, lads, take up your positions |
01:52:23 |
Keep your heads down. |
01:52:45 |
- How old are you, boy? |
01:52:49 |
It doesn't matter. |
01:52:51 |
You know what to sound? |
01:52:53 |
Yes, sir. |
01:52:55 |
Stay by me. |
01:56:08 |
Do you think the Welsh |
01:56:12 |
Well, they've got a very good |
01:56:15 |
but no top tenors, that's for sure. |
01:56:45 |
Sing! |
01:56:49 |
Come on, sing! |
01:58:22 |
At 100 yards! |
01:58:25 |
Volley fire! Present! |
01:58:30 |
Aim! |
01:58:32 |
Fire! |
01:58:44 |
Right, stand by. Lips dry? |
01:58:47 |
- Sergeant! |
01:58:54 |
Now! |
01:58:56 |
Spit, boy! |
01:59:07 |
Redoubt party! |
01:59:09 |
Fire! |
01:59:16 |
Volley by ranks! |
01:59:17 |
Front rank, fire! |
01:59:19 |
Second rank, fire! |
01:59:22 |
Third rank, fire! |
01:59:49 |
Cease firing! |
02:00:36 |
Three hours |
02:00:44 |
Mr Chard, sir. |
02:00:46 |
The patrol's come back. |
02:00:53 |
It's a miracle! |
02:00:55 |
If it's a miracle, Colour Sergeant, |
02:00:57 |
it's a short-chamber |
02:01:00 |
And a bayonet, sir, |
02:01:07 |
- Fall them in. Call the roll. |
02:01:10 |
- Fall in. |
02:01:13 |
Me? |
02:01:25 |
- Abel? |
02:01:27 |
Adams? |
02:01:38 |
- Barry? |
02:01:40 |
- Beckett? |
02:01:42 |
- He's dying, sir. |
02:01:46 |
Keep your voices down. |
02:01:50 |
Byrne? |
02:01:55 |
- Camp? |
02:01:58 |
Chick? |
02:02:04 |
Cole? |
02:02:18 |
- Who was left in here? |
02:02:22 |
They had names and faces. |
02:02:25 |
Chard! |
02:02:31 |
Alright. |
02:02:32 |
470 Davies? |
02:02:40 |
- 363 Davies? |
02:02:45 |
Well... |
02:02:48 |
...you've fought your first action. |
02:02:51 |
Does everyone |
02:02:54 |
How do you feel? |
02:02:57 |
Sick. |
02:03:01 |
Well, you have to be alive |
02:03:04 |
You asked me, I told you. |
02:03:08 |
There's something else. |
02:03:12 |
I feel ashamed. |
02:03:18 |
Was that how it was for you? |
02:03:23 |
The first time? |
02:03:26 |
You think I could stand |
02:03:31 |
I didn't know. |
02:03:35 |
I told you... |
02:03:38 |
...I came up here to build a bridge. |
02:03:44 |
Fagan? |
02:03:49 |
Green, 459? |
02:03:52 |
Sir. |
02:03:54 |
- Hughes? |
02:04:01 |
No comedians, please. |
02:04:04 |
- Hughes? |
02:04:07 |
Say sir. Officer on parade. |
02:04:10 |
Sir! |
02:04:14 |
Hayden? |
02:04:18 |
Hitch? |
02:04:20 |
Hitch, I saw you. |
02:04:22 |
- You're alive. |
02:04:26 |
- Answer the roll. Say sir. |
02:04:29 |
Alright. Now get off into the sickbay |
02:04:35 |
- Hook? |
02:04:37 |
Stay where you are, Hook! |
02:04:43 |
Well, we haven't done too badly. |
02:04:57 |
Oh, my God! |
02:05:45 |
Adendorff, why have they stopped? |
02:05:49 |
God damn you! |
02:05:53 |
- I want an answer! |
02:05:55 |
Both of you! My God, |
02:05:59 |
Your bloody egos |
02:06:02 |
We're dead! |
02:06:06 |
What are you waiting for? |
02:06:09 |
Come on. |
02:06:52 |
Those bastards! |
02:06:56 |
They're taunting us! |
02:07:01 |
No. |
02:07:03 |
No. You couldn't be more wrong. |
02:07:07 |
They're... they're saluting you. |
02:07:13 |
They're saluting fellow braves. |
02:07:18 |
They're saluting you. |
02:08:18 |
Oh, my eye! Will you look! |
02:08:57 |
In the 100 years |
02:08:59 |
for valour and extreme courage |
02:09:01 |
beyond that expected of a British |
02:09:05 |
only 1,344 have been awarded. |
02:09:09 |
11 of these were won by |
02:09:12 |
at Rorke's Drift, Natal, |
02:09:24 |
Frederick Schiess, Corporal, |
02:09:28 |
William Allen, Corporal, B Company, |
02:09:33 |
Fred Hitch, Private, B Company, |
02:09:43 |
James Langley Dalton, |
02:09:47 |
Army Commissariat Department. |
02:09:54 |
612 John Williams, |
02:09:58 |
2nd Battalion, 24th Foot. |
02:10:01 |
716 Robert Jones, |
02:10:04 |
593 William Jones, |
02:10:08 |
2nd Battalion, 24th Foot. |
02:10:11 |
Henry Hook, Private, B Company, |
02:10:20 |
James Henry Reynolds, |
02:10:33 |
Gonville Bromhead, Lieutenant, |
02:10:35 |
B Company, 2nd Battalion |
02:10:39 |
South Wales Borderers. |
02:11:04 |
John Rouse Merriott Chard, |
02:11:07 |
Royal Engineers, |