p'rade-ground

Updated: May 29, 2025

Come out, Colonel John Anthony Deever, C. B.! Come out and see me practiss on the rainge. I'm the crack shot of the 'ole bloomin' battalion. In proof of which statement Simmons fired at the lighted windows of the mess-house. 'Private Simmons, E Comp'ny, on the Cavalry p'rade-ground, Sir, with thirty rounds, said a Sergeant breathlessly to the Colonel. 'Shootin' right and lef', Sir.

Rudyard Kipling - Soldiers Three

I'm the crack shot of the 'ole bloomin' battalion." In proof of which statement Simmons fired at the lighted windows of the mess-house. "Private Simmons, E Comp'ny, on the Cavalry p'rade-ground, Sir, with thirty rounds," said a Sergeant breathlessly to the Colonel. "Shootin' right and lef', Sir. Shot Private Losson. What's to be done, Sir?"

Rudyard Kipling - Soldiers Three - Part 2

Come out, Colonel John Anthony Deever, C.B.! Come out and see me practiss on the rainge. I'm the crack shot of the 'ole bloomin' battalion." In proof of which statement Simmons fired at the lighted windows of the mess-house. "Private Simmons, E Comp'ny, on the Cavalry p'rade-ground, Sir, with thirty rounds," said a Sergeant breathlessly to the Colonel. "Shootin' right and lef', Sir.

Rudyard Kipling - Under the Deodars