Show gen gough s victory A good story Is told lil 10 connection with one of goof s battles with the sikhs gough was a man of extraordinary personal bravery but he was also extremely reckless and im pettous and his great idea on all oc oe cassons was to charge his staff soon realizing what risks attended this description of tactics in dealing with such an enemy emmy as the sikhs ed gough at the commencement of one of the more important fights to mount a high tower only accessible by a lad der the suggestion being that he could better direct the operations from that eminence gough climbed to the top of the tower and rapidly came to the conclusion that the only course open was as usual to charge but when he wished to descend the staff and the ladder had disappeared the story goes that there was no immediate charge and that the battle was won for that reason london globe |