Goodbyeee stupid and unhygienic Private Baldrick (Tony Robinson), and the overly optimistic, upper-class and equally idiotic Lieutenant George St Barleigh (Hugh Laurie)—Blackadder tries constantly to escape his position and avoid the "big push", which he fears will result in his death. His efforts are hindered by the loud and intimidating General Melchett (Stephen Fry) and Melchett's strict, sardonic, and jobsworth staff officer, Captain Darling (Tim McInnerny). Captain Blackadder's trench receives a phone call from HQ: a full-scale attack has been ordered for the next day at dawn. Realising that this is likely to mean his death, Blackadder plans to escape by
The Son of God Goes Forth to War The Son of God Goes Forth to War The Son of God Goes Forth to War (1812) is a hymn by Reginald Heber which appears, with reworked lyrics, in the novella "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888), by Rudyard Kipling and, set to the Irish tune "The Moreen" / "The Minstrel Boy", in the film "The Man Who Would Be King" (1975), directed by John Huston. In religious use it is more often sung to Henry Stephen Cutler's 1872 tune "All Saints New", which was written for it. <poem> The Son of God goes forth to war, a kingly