History Literature / McAuslan

* SeriousBusiness: Regimental history and lore. One recent transfer from the Highland Light Infantry questions the veracity of the Stirrup Charge, provoking a fistfight with [=McAuslan=], who gets busted down from lance-corporal for his trouble (and, as [=MacNeill=] thinks to himself, not a moment too soon, since [=McAuslan=]'s "leadership" was bound to create further friction between him and the rest of the men).

* TheCasanova: [[spoiler: Believe it or not, [=McAuslan=] himself, as revealed at the end of "Parfit Gentil Knight, But". A much more chaste example than most.]] Captain Errol plays the trope straight, right down to the sociopathic ruthlessness (a rival with a CoolCar gets it accidentally smashed up when Errol takes it for a spin).

* NonIndicativeName: [=MacNeill=] recieves the nickname "Darkie" from his troops. It takes him quite some time to realise that he is "Darkie", since he is a white, grey-eyed, light brown-haired Scotsman. It's actually a reference to his "dark" moods.

** The author also has considerable praise to spread around generally for the high standard of marksmanship in the British army at the time, and for its primary weapon, the [[CoolGuns Short Magazine Lee-Enfield MkIII]]. GMF claims to have personally witnessed a [[Film/TheBridgeOnTheRiverKwai Bridge on the River Kwai]]-type shot where a marksman detonated explosives from a distance, and questions if modern soldiers armed with assault rifles could pull it off.