Bayonets Along The Border (2014) - Plot & Excerpts
He wiped his forehead and cursed. It undoubtedly had become hotter as, leaving behind them the fertile plain of Afghanistan, they began to climb up into the hills.They were trudging now by compass bearing, for Fonthill was wagering that the tribesman’s estimation of the Pathan encampment being some two miles due north of Fort Landi Kotal was roughly accurate. They had long since left behind the Kabul road, the extension of the Khyber Pass, whose towering sides they had glimpsed to their right, but dared not risk approaching the fort to gain a precise bearing. So Simon was now leading his little party on a north-easterly direction and, of course, upwards. ‘What exactly is the plan, then, bach sir?’ enquired Jenkins. Because of his thick thatch of black hair that stood, broom-like, vertically from his scalp, the Welshman had never been able to keep any sort of cover on his head for longer than ten minutes or so. Now, predictably, his turban had become unravelled and the end was trailing down his back.‘The first objective is to get you looking something like a pukka Pathan again,’ hissed Fonthill.
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