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Excerpt from With the Incomparable 29th Tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, ting, ting, went the telephone. The acting adjutant picked up the receiver. 'Hullo!' 'Is that 5th Battalion, the Royal Scots?' 'Yes, sir.' 'Headquarters, Scottish Command, speaking.' 'Yes, sir.' 'You move in forty-eight hours to Leamington to link up with the 29th Division.' 'Yes, sir.' At last it had come. Forty-eight hours later a battalion of over a thousand men steamed out of Edinburgh en route for that which had already been called 'The Great Adventure.' Little did one reckon that it was destined to take part in one of the most glorious chapters in our military history. Little did those who entrained that day, or those dear ones left behind to bear the agonising suspense of waiting, think how few would meet again this side of the veil. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.