"We could attack at night, sir," Crosier broke years of military tradition by venturing his own opinion. "That"s what the columns did in South Africa."
"Thank you, Sergeant," Selkirk had no desire to curb this new initiative from his sergeant, "but the Turks will know the territory far better than we do. A night attack gives the possibility of some of our men straying and maybe losing themselves, or worse, the Turks capturing them. I do not want that." He lightened the tone, "could you imagine Batsford in the dark?"
"No, sir," Crosier nearly smiled. "He is bad enough in full daylight, and some of the others are not much better."
"But can you imagine Batsford as a prisoner?" Black countered. "He would give them so much misinformation they would be utterly confused!"
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