Memorable Quotes from Gert Van den Bergh
2 quotesConfrontation Over Troop Strength and Loyalty
Lt. Bromhead
The entire column? It's damned impossible! Eight hundred men?
Adendorff
Twelve hundred men. There were four hundred native levies, also.
Bromhead
Damn the levies, man, more cowardly blacks!
Adendorff
What the hell do you mean, "cowardly blacks"? They died on your side, didn't they? And who the hell do you think is coming to wipe out your little command? The Grenadier Guards?
[''Adendorff begins to walk away'']
Lt. Chard
Adendorff, are you staying?
Adendorff
Is there anywhere else to go?
Lt. Chard
Talk to our levies, will you? Tell them whose side they're on.
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Confrontation Amidst Desperation and Ego
Adendorff
Damn you... God damn you!
Lt. Chard
Adendorff, what are they doing? Answer me!
Adendorff
Haven't you had enough? Both of you?! Can't you see your damned egos don't matter anymore? We're dead.
Lt. Bromhead
Well, what are you waiting for? Come on! Come on!
[shouting at Zulus]
Bromhead
Those bastards! They're taunting us!
Adendorff
No, you couldn't be more wrong! They're saluting you. They're saluting fellow braves!
[Realizing what the Zulus are really doing, he begins to laugh]
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