When the 42nd Highlanders, the Black Watch, learned that some of their wounded remained in front of Fort Ruhya, Quarter-Master Sergeant John Simpson led a patrol of four volunteers who returned carrying severely injured men. Simpson won the Victoria Cross for rescuing men under heavy fire. The eighteen-pounders continued their pounding as the infantry wondered why Walpole had so casually put these men"s lives at risk.
With his memories unsettling him, Jack patrolled the lines, speaking quietly to those men who acknowledged him and allowing the others to relax.
"Good lads, the Sawnies," Riley said. "They"ll hate being stopped by the pandies."
Logan gave a sour grin. "Dinnae worry about the Forty-Twa. They"ll get their ain" back, and God help any pandy that gets in their way. There"ll be
