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Captain Jamie Stewart is a friend and fellow officer of Captain Nicholls; Topthorn is Stewart’s horse. When Nicholls dies in battle, Stewart continues to keep an eye on Joey, pairing him with Trooper Warren. Stewart is a kind, conscientious man who cares very deeply about the horses and men in his unit. The Germans take him prisoner alongside Warren, Joey, and Topthorn after a failed cavalry charge.
Captain Jamie Stewart Quotes in War Horse
The War Horse quotes below are all either spoken by Captain Jamie Stewart or refer to Captain Jamie Stewart. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 5
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It’s just Jamie and me—we’re the only ones that don’t agree, Joey. We have our doubts, I can tell you that. We have our doubts. None of them in there seems to have heard of machine guns and artillery. I tell you, Joey, one machine gun operated right could wipe out an entire squadron of the best cavalry in the world—German or British. I mean, look what happened to the Light Brigade at Balaclava when they took on the Russian guns—none of them seem to remember that. And the French learned the lesson in the Franco-Prussian War. But you can’t say anything to them, Joey. If you do, they call you a defeatist, or some such rubbish. I honestly think that some of them in there only want to win this war if the cavalry can win it.
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Captain Jamie Stewart Quotes in War Horse
The War Horse quotes below are all either spoken by Captain Jamie Stewart or refer to Captain Jamie Stewart. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 5
Quotes
It’s just Jamie and me—we’re the only ones that don’t agree, Joey. We have our doubts, I can tell you that. We have our doubts. None of them in there seems to have heard of machine guns and artillery. I tell you, Joey, one machine gun operated right could wipe out an entire squadron of the best cavalry in the world—German or British. I mean, look what happened to the Light Brigade at Balaclava when they took on the Russian guns—none of them seem to remember that. And the French learned the lesson in the Franco-Prussian War. But you can’t say anything to them, Joey. If you do, they call you a defeatist, or some such rubbish. I honestly think that some of them in there only want to win this war if the cavalry can win it.
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