Love is Always Write Anthology Volume 9

assistance.
    "Streams of wounded obstructed the path. . . ." —Winston Churchill. He was twenty-five years old at the time.
    "The sun became hotter and hotter, and we had neither food nor water." —Deneys Reitz, who participated in the Boer firing line that was located directly in front of the British forces. He was seventeen years old at the time.
    "I am sending two battalions . . ." —General Warren. He was responding to Colonel Crofton's message, not realizing that Crofton had already been wounded out of the battle.
    "ordered to move again as fast as possible in single rank . . ." —Private Walter Putland, a member of the British reinforcements sent to Spion Kop.
    "I command on this hill and allow no surrender . . ." —Colonel Alexander Thorneycroft, whose mounted infantry led the British attack, and who was given command of the British forces at Spion Kop in the late morning, upon the recommendation of General Buller. Several variations of this speech were recorded by witnesses.
    "What reinforcements can you send to hold the hill tonight ?" —Colonel Thorneycroft to General Warren.
    ". . . ammunition is running short." —Colonel Thorneycroft to General Warren.
    "I have withdrawn the troops . . ." —Colonel Thorneycroft to General Warren. Thorneycroft had received no messages from Warren all day, other than the news that he was placed in charge of the British forces at Spion Kop.
    "We had awful luck on the 24th . . ." —General Buller in a letter that was later made public.
    "I have done all I can . . ." —Colonel Thorneycroft to Colonel G. H. Sim, who was ordered by General Warren to bring arms to Spion Kop. Colonel Sim reached Thorneycroft as the evacuation of the hill was in progress.
    ". . . a bloody mop-up in the morning." —Colonel Thorneycroft to Winston Churchill.
    "Preparations for the second day's defense should have been organized during the day . . ." —General Buller in a public comment on Colonel Thorneycroft's conduct.
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    A list of all my sources can be found in the bibliography section of my Turn-of-the-Century Toughs website:
    http://duskpeterson.com/toughs
    For reasons that are apparent from the source quotations I have used, the wisdom of the British officers was questioned after the Battle of Spion Kop. The courage of the British soldiers was not. Even the Boers were impressed by the bravery of their opponents, who underwent heavy casualties under intense fire, yet continued to hold the summit through the entire day of January 24th, 1900.
    Perhaps the best summary of the Battle of Spion Kop came from General Tobias Smuts of the Boers, who surveyed the British dead on the hill's summit after the battle was over. "I wished," he said, "that I had the power of transporting a dozen of these poor, brave, mangled fellows lying there with headless bodies and shattered limbs, to a certain bedroom in Birmingham or in Government House, Cape Town, so that the two chief authors of this unnatural war should see some of the results of their policy on waking from sleep in their safe and luxurious homes. It might induce them to bring this dreadful conflict to a close."
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STAY WITH ME
    by AJ Jarrett

    A man sitting in a chair with his backed arched. He is bound in rope. Very erotic picture.

    Dear Author
    I'd like the sub to be someone in law enforcement a detective possibly. This guy is very in control in his working life and it seeps into his after work hours. He's also not very communicative. His Dom is an ER nurse or an artist or some profession not in law enforcement, who's friendly, laid back, perceptive about people. Someone that people easily trust and follow instructions from. They could be about the same age, or the Dom younger.
    I want there to be contradictions in what people would normally perceive a Dom or Sub would be like. I don't know how long the author's story will be, but how the two met and then grew into this relationship would be great. BDSM and HEA a must.
    The emotional aspect of the sub learning to give up control and trust is another part I'd like. I also like shibari or kinbaku in the story obviously, lol. No humiliation, beatings or infidelity once they're together. I want the sub to have his trust and control limits pushed. Maybe he's developed trust issues. Maybe a work partner or love partner he'd trusted turned out bad and almost got him killed. Some reason he doesn't trust or