The Battle Of The Crater: A Novel - Plot & Excerpts
In spite of the cool morning chill, the men standing to either side of Garland were panting hard. They had run through the drill four times during the night. He could see the faint outline of Sergeant Major Malady, standing with the commanding officers of the five regiments of their assault column. The other four regiments were just two hundred yards away to the west, yet nearly invisible in the early light. All could sense that something was different, that something was in the air. The drills had gone almost too perfectly, the cussing of the sergeants had diminished. In this last charge, they had just stood back and let the men go through their paces. Signal to attack … axmen race forward, followed by men carrying footbridges, followed by column. Clear obstacles, cross the moat, up the parapet, lay down the footbridges, charge across, sprint six hundred yards, pivot and turn to the right deploying into line of battle. It had gone like clockwork. The officers broke away from the conference, calling their men to attention.
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