Rifles
Scouts
Both words in one sentence
- Subverted later in the novel: when British scouts are seen outside the fortress walls, Sharpe and Lawford are given rifles and told to shoot the scouts.
Source: Shoot Your Mate - Subverted later in the same novel when British scouts are seen outside the fortress walls, Sharpe and Lawford are given rifles and told to shoot the scouts.
Source: Literature / Sharpe - Other scouts are allowed to carry bows instead of rifles for the same reason.
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