![]() ![]() ‘Of course it damned well is,’ Hallam said gruffly while still holding the glass to his eye. ‘Is it there, sir?’ said a quiet voice to his right. Lieutenant Jack Hallam of the 28th Regiment of Foot, a British regiment raised in North Gloucestershire, pulled out his telescope and peered north to where there was a dark smudge amongst the dusted crop fields and pewter-coloured dykes that were so abundant in Holland. A silvery mist hung above the flat landscape where, in the dawn light, it resembled roving sea fog creeping across a shoreline. It was a land of cold beneath a wind-driven sky. The officer clambered up the side of the bank, the snow reaching the top of his knee-high boots. The Diabolical Circumstance of Captain Bartholomew Chivers Battle Scars: A collection of short stories Volume 1īattle Scars: A Collection of Short Stories Volume 1 ![]()
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