A fact from H. R. C. Pettigrew appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 December 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that colonel Hugh Pettigrew observed that troops that thought that the Scottish Highlands resembled Waziristan on India's North West Frontier were "of little use to anyone"?
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... that colonel Hugh Pettigrew, formerly of the Gordon Highlanders, observed that troops that thought that the Scottish Highlands resembled Waziristan on India's North West Frontier, were of little use to anyone?
This article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline, the article is neutral, and I detected no copyright issues. A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:37, 25 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
