...Not far off. [ from the drafts. ] None of that magic malarkey, of course. And we kept ranks. We didn't roam about the field the way folk do in the battles, here.

I had my first real scuffle near a place called Assaye. The 23rd of September. The men in those ranks showed great courage and discipline. Many died, but it made a man's career it did. Arthur Wellesley, then Major General and now Duke of Wellington.

[ it made sharpe's career, too. or at least kick-started it. ]