This is "Flashy" Lt Col Harry Flashman VC the hero of the George MacDonald Fraser novels.
Flashman is a coward and a cad who gets into many scrapes but my favorite is when he starts the Charge of the Light Brigade! Harry had been drinking cheap Russian champagne all night and farts loudly as the Brigade awaits orders. His horse bolts and the rest follow!
As to how he ends up at the Battle of the Little Big Horn in a dinner suit......well that's another story!
Thanks for looking
Flashman is a coward and a cad who gets into many scrapes but my favorite is when he starts the Charge of the Light Brigade! Harry had been drinking cheap Russian champagne all night and farts loudly as the Brigade awaits orders. His horse bolts and the rest follow!
As to how he ends up at the Battle of the Little Big Horn in a dinner suit......well that's another story!
Thanks for looking