"So it has happened." Chamberlain stood on his knoll, scrutinising the valley through his binoculars. "Well, my tactics will not alter. As I said last night, we"ll hold here and let them come to us." He gestured to the pinnacle of the Eagles Nest that stood prominently between the British camp and the Guru Mountains. "We only sent a piquet there. I want it properly occupied and fortified."
Chamberlain"s staff officers scribbled notes as the general spoke.
"Over there, on the right" Chamberlain pointed to a series of rocky, forested hills. "I want each of these peaks occupied and strengthened right up to the Crag Piquet. That will see our flanks guarded. Colonel Wilde, you take command of the Crag Piquet, and Colonel Vaughan, take over the Eagle"s Nest."
"Sir."
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