17,000 Massacred in the Worst British Military Disaster Ever
Better death than surrender was the motto of the foolish
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6 min readNov 11, 2020
When you’re wounded and left on Afghanistan’s plains,
And the women come out to cut up what remains,
Jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains,
An’ go to your Gawd like a soldier
- Rudyard Kipling
