Sharpe (TV Series)
Sharpe's Regiment (1996)
James Laurenson: Maj.-Gen. Hector Ross
Quotes
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Major General Ross : Your regiment's to be broken up.
Major Richard Sharpe : What!
Major General Ross : Lord Fenner suggested your men be given to other battalions, that your colours be sent home, and that your officers either exchange their regiments, sell their commissions, or make themselves available for our disposal.
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Major General Ross : Not being a little hard on Girdwood, are you?
Major Richard Sharpe : At Foulness, sir, Colonel Girdwood gave orders that deserters were to be shot out of hand. I saw one killed. He hunted men through the marshland like they were rats. He wants to see a battle? He'll see a battle!
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Major General Ross : Horse Guards first. Let them know you're there!
Major Richard Sharpe : Oh, they'll know, sir!
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Major General Ross : Bloody day, Sharpe, bloody day.
[hands him a flask]
Major General Ross : How many have you lost?
Major Richard Sharpe : [over the cannon fire] Thirty today sir.
Major General Ross : And how many have you got left?
Major Richard Sharpe : Hundred and twenty can still do duty. Eighty six still in strength. But maimed or sick, though, they'll be made to go to hospitals.
Major General Ross : You're expecting replacements of course?
Major Richard Sharpe : Yes sir.
Major General Ross : From the Second Battalion, Chelmsford?
[Hands Sharpe a letter]
Major General Ross : Lord Fenner, Secretary of State at War, works for the Secretary of State of War, doesn't know what a war is, of course. Politicians, Sharpe, they're not fit to lick your jakes out!
Major Richard Sharpe : [looks at the letter] What am I supposed to see, sir?
Major General Ross : Down at the bottom, some mention of the South Essex.
Major Richard Sharpe : [reads] Second Battalion now a Holding Battalion.
Major General Ross : Few boys perhaps. Good man waiting on replacement if you're lucky.
Major Richard Sharpe : [reads further] No draft available.
[Looks up]
Major Richard Sharpe : But there were eight recruiting parties last I heard!
Major General Ross : It can't be black and white, Fenner's said you've got no replacements, so there you are.
