Thou God, who reigneth over all the earth
who art the Lord of all our salvation
give your ear unto my prayer.
Allah!
For Thou art greater than the common man.
Everything is as you wish it.
Everything is as you will it.
If what we're doing is just...
then give us the strength to serve you
for that which I greatly feared has come upon me...
...and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
Form a line.
First company... a section, if you please.
One section will fix bayonets.
Fix!
Ready!
Present!
- Fire. - Fire.
Fire!
Reload!
100 yards!
Present!
They're not armed, sir.
- Fire. - Fire.
Fire!
What in God's name are they doing?
Present!
- Fire. - Fire.
Fire!
50 yards!
Present!
- Fire. - Fire.
Fire!
Thank you, Mr. Willoughby.
Thank you, Sergeant.
Order... up!
Soldier... arm!
Left turn.
Left, right, left!
- Form square! - Form square!
Form square!
Bring over those camels! Line them up!
Quickly now, take positions!
Number Three Section, fall in!
Steady.
Steady, boys, steady!
Be calm.
Nice and calm.
Be nice and calm.
Battalion prepare the cavalry, Mr. Willoughby.
Battalion, prepare the cavalry.
Make way for the cavalry!
Number One Company, prepare for volley.
Number One Company, two rounds volley fire!
Number One Company...
two rounds volley fire!
Steady on the right, Mr. Castleton!
Pick your targets!
Fire!
Sir, we're being attacked from behind, sir!
Close in on the right, Castleton!
Officers to the front!
Present...
aim...
Castleton!
...fire!
Fire!
Keep your horses a target!
Hold this line!
The British Cavalry, sir!
They're retreating!
They're running!
All right, men, cease fire!
Cease fire!
Congratulations, sir.
Battle's not over yet.
Yes!
We sod 'em off, lads!
Send out the skirmishers, Mr. Willoughby.
Send out the skirmishers!
Well done, Four Section!
Vicar!
Come on, Vicar!
Vicar, come on!
- Close the square! - Close the square!
Charge!
Deliver me from blood guiltiness, O God.
It's not the British! It's the Mahdi!
Get back!
Volley fire, if you please, Mr. Willoughby!
The skirmishers, sir?
Hold this square at all costs
Mr. Willoughby!
Get back to the square! Get back to the square!
Get back to the square! Go!
Get back to the square! Go! Go!
Vicar!
...my sins deliver before me!
Volley fire, Mr. Willoughby!
Now!
Mr. Willoughby, I gave you a direct order!
Castleton!
Save me from my sins!
Vicar, get back to the four square!
- Go on, Trench! Go on! - Run!
Present!
Fire!
Don't shoot!
Come on! Let's go!
Vicar!
Close the square!
Mr. Willoughby...
Jack!
What are your orders, sir?
Sir!
Sound the retreat!
"My dear Jack..."
Oh...
I'm a fool.
I was a fool to think that I could ever go back home.
I can't.
Your friend needs help.
My friend knows how to help himself.
I can't see.
I can't see!
Oh! Don't!
Don't! Don't! Don't!
Who are you?
I have letters.
Oh...
Who are you?
I can't see. I can't see.
Shh.
I can't see.
Shh.
Shh. Shh...
Hello, Jack.
Ethne.
How are you?
I wanted to ask your advice, General.
My advice?
Jack Durrance has...
has asked me to marry him.
You don't need my advice.
Jack Durrance is a good man.
I haven't answered him yet.
I was wondering if you'd heard from Harry.
I've heard nothing
and, uh...
I don't think I shall hear from him again.
I should've listened.
I miss him.
My son loved Jack Durrance like a brother.
I know he'd want you to be happy.
A few more weeks and he'll be able to ride without help.
Will that be the end of your penance?
Jack.
Oh-ho-ho-ho.
Not bad.
You should see me on a camel.
Lavender...
and onions.
Sunday lunch.
Take the horse to the stables and you can have some.
Thank you, Robert, it's quite all right.
It's me, Jack.
Tom.
They finally made you captain, Miss Willoughby.
All those decorations.
You must have a few, yourself.
How'd you know I was visiting today?
l, uh...
I saw Harry, Jack.
Where?
In the Sudan.
I was following our retreat.
We had a terrible time of it.
The enemy hounded us all the way.
The desert itself seemed to side with them.
We ran out of water, medical supplies...
even had to leave stragglers behind.
Finally, our own native scouts turned on us.
We lost more men on that retreat than we did at the battle.
Get out!
Didn't you hear what I said?
I said get out or I'll have you whipped
you filthy wog!
Like you had my friend whipped?
Harry?
I sent a man to warn you
and you had him tortured for his pains.
I...
What would it have cost to listen?
I didn't know it was you.
You should've taken precautions, Tom.
I didn't know it was you.
For God's sake, what are you doing here?
And afterwards?
He, uh... he asked me for some money and left.
To come back?
No.
No, there was a... there was a rumor going around
that some of our surviving soldiers
had been captured and taken to prison.
Harry thought Trench might be one of them.
He went after him?
I tried to stop him, Jack.
I told him they were only rumors
that the chances of survival were... virtually none.
He wouldn't listen.
Did you come here to tell Ethne Harry was dead?
I don't know that he's dead, Jack.
So you've come to give her hope?
What would you do in my place?
Keep it to myself, Tom, until I was sure.
What did he say?
Your friend is dead.
I saw Trench taken alive.
Prisoners were taken to Omdurman last month.
Your army abandoned them.
The shame is no longer yours.
You're responsible to yourself and to God
not to them.
I am responsible to my friend.
I will find him.
You have learned nothing.
You've done enough.
It's never enough, Abou.
Look, if the Mahdi's men find out I'm British
they'll take me to their prison.
It's the only way I'll find my friend.
They will hang you.
Abou, you must help me get into the prison.
I will not be responsible for your death.
How could you be responsible for my death?
I will die if it is God's will.
Yes?
You English walk too proudly on the earth.
You are a fool...
...my friend.
Trench!
Ibrahim!
Trench!
Don't lose our space!
Come on, son.
You mustn't fall.
All right...
T-Trench.
Harry?
Harry...
if you didn't come with the army, then who sent you?
You did.
All this way... for a feather.
I brought some money.
How much?
A hundred.
Hundred?
What's going on?
Who are those women?
They're all relatives of the men in here.
They bring them scraps of food.
Let's see if we can get you something to eat.
What can we do with this money?
Well, there's no chance of bribing Idris.
His entire family was wiped out by one of our artillery attacks.
Now, Hassan, on the other hand, is infinitely corruptible.
For 100 dirhams, he'll either help us escape...
or he'll stab us in the back and keep the money.
I'll see if I can talk to him.
The first thing I do when I get back
is book a table at Wilton's... a private room.
No bloody crowds.
Two pints of stout, please, guvner!
Ha! Not long now, Harry!
Not long now!
Trench.
Please, Trench, get up. Trench, come on.
I have some money.
Money's no good for me.
I can't bribe the guards anymore.
I have nothing left to lose...
...nothing left to live for...
...but still, I'm frightened.
Fear always remains.
Pray for me, Abou.
Take as long as you like.
I don't walk too proudly now.
Stop.
Have some food.
You're looking better.
You may not feel it, but you look it.
When I get better, will I look as bad as you?
We'll get you through this, Trench.
I don't want to get through this, Harry.
I don't think I can take it anymore.
I had a visitor today.
He brought us a gift.
The poison will take a few hours to work.
You won't feel any pain.
That'll make a change.
Careful.
I didn't mean to be a pig about it.
How about we give them one last night of hell?
I'll drink to that!
Oh, Trench.
I can't feel anything in my legs.
The poison has paralyzed your body.
It'll wear off soon.
I thought it was supposed to kill me.
Only for a while.
You mean, you knew?
I couldn't be short-changed.
That's the last time I let you buy the drink.
How many bullets?
One.
Better make it count.
No.
I can't carry him.
You can.
Save my friend.
Look after your friend.
What will you do now?
Whatever God has chosen for me.
Do I look that bad?
Everyone said how... much you'd changed.
I didn't believe them.
May I have it back?
That isn't why I came.
I'd still like it back.
I'm almost sorry to let it go.
It's brought me a lot of luck... over these past few months.
Have you heard our news?
Yes.
How is Jack?
I think he's happy.
Good.
He deserves to be.
So do you.
It will pass.
You will meet someone soon.
Then you and her and Jack and I...
Yes.
...will set up tea and chat politely
as if... as if nothing ever happened with us before.
That won't happen, Ethne.
It has to happen.
It has to because I love you...
Harry.
I love you and I can't...
I'm sorry.
Was that Ethne's carriage outside?
She is giving me a ride to the station.
Why didn't she come out?
I think she wanted to give us a minute or two alone.
Do we need a minute or two alone, Harry?
I came to thank you, Jack.
For what?
For standing by me.
If you're talking about the feathers
I wasn't there.
Willoughby told me you were.
You don't owe me anything, Harry.
The wedding isn't for another month.
Ethne is free to make up her own mind.
She's made up her mind.
You should trust her judgment.
To Castleton and all the others we left behind.
Indeed.
You remember the first time we led a cavalry charge in public?
Yes, I do, Jack.
You wiped the floor with me.
I believe most of my horses ended up in the bandstand.
Yes, I did, and... yes, they did.
Ethne was there... watching.
Yes, I remember.
You should.
You're the only one she danced with.
I've never been so jealous.
I wanted to prove to her that I was the better soldier.
Well, you always were the better soldier, Jack.
Yes, of course, but...
She was the first person I looked for in the crowd...
and she was staring at you.
Everyone else
was applauding me...
and she was staring at you.
Nothing's changed.
She's beautiful...
isn't she?
Yes, she is.
You may be lost... but you are not forgotten.
For those who have journeyed far
to fight in foreign lands
know that the soldier's greatest comfort
is to have his friends close at hand.
Welcome home, Harry.
Thank you, sir.
In the heat of battle
it ceases to be an idea
for which we fight...
or a flag.
Rather...
we fight for the man on our left
and we fight for the man on our right...
...and when armies have scattered
and when the empires fall away...
all that remains is the memory of those precious moments...
...we spent side by side.
Forgive me.
I did you a great wrong.
There is nothing to forgive.
Yes, there is.
I should've stood by you, Harry.
I should've understood.
I used to be so sure about everything.
We both were, Ethne.
And now?
And now...
Well... well, now I have no choice, Ethne.
God put you in my way.