Scottish Border, Gretna, February 18, 1997.
The morning fog clung to the hills at the border between England and Scotland like filthy cotton.
Visibility was less than fifty meters. But on the English side of the border, in a hastily bulldozed temporary position, the soldiers of the 1st Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers found this fog to be damned "friendly."
Very strong.
At least, those so-called Scottish madmen equipped with "Stingers" on the opposite hillside couldn't see them.
This regiment is famous.
Founded in 1685 by George Legge, formed from two companies of the Tower of London Guard, it is one of the oldest infantry regiments in the history of the British Army.
The Battle of Mons (1914), the Marne River Battle (1914), the Somme River Campaign (1916), the Passchendaele Battle (1917), the Hundred Days Offensive (1918), countless more.
The Normandy Landing (1944), the Falaise Pocket Campaign, the Arnhem Battle (1944), pushing into Germany.
