I still have many feelings about this scene.
“Occasionally they shot each other - by accident, of course. Quite a number of officers lost their lives or limbs as a result of a mauling by a tiger, panther or wild pig, or through being crushed by elephants.”
from Mr. Kipling’s Army by Byron Farwell
“Bloody amateurs.”
(Incidentally I do recommend this book for anyone interested in the British army in the Victorian era.)
