Sharpe's Christmas by Bernard Cornwell

Author:Bernard Cornwell [Cornwell, Bernard]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2010-01-30T10:07:37+00:00

General Maximilien Picard bulled his way through the panicked troops to stand at the mouth of the small valley. He could see the dead grenadiers, the smashed barrels and, beyond them, more barrels waiting in the road. A rifle bullet snapped past his head, but Picard ignored the threat. He was charmed. There was no one alive who could spoil that luck.

“Santon!” he snapped.

“Sir?” Major Santon resisted the urge to crouch.

“One company up here. They are to destroy the barrels with volley fire, you understand?”

“Yes, sir.”

“And while they’re doing that, send the voltigeurs up the slopes.” The general pointed to where puffs of grey-white smoke betrayed the position of the Riflemen. He did not know they were riflemen, and if he had known, he might have shown more caution, instead he believed the ambush must have been set by partisans. But whoever it was, they would soon be chased out of their lairs by the French light infantry. “Do it now!” Picard snapped. “We don’t have all day.” He turned away, and a bullet plucked at his cloak, flicking it out like a banner caught by the wind. Picard turned back, looked to find the newest patch of musket smoke and lifted a finger to it. “Bastards,” he said as he walked away, “bastards.” Who would now get a lesson for Christmas.

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