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Tensions come to a head when Major Sinclair publicly assaults the uniformed piper he discovers with his daughter – " bashing a corporal " as he put it.

Barrow decides an official report must be made, meaning an imminent court-martial, even though he is aware the action will further erode his popularity, and authority, within the battalion.

Barrow is eventually persuaded to back down by Sinclair even though he was guilty of striking an NCO and deserved to be court-martialled.