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"The Taking of Lungtungpen" is a short story by Rudyard Kipling first published in the Civil and Military Gazette on April 11, 1887. It follows four British soldiers in Burma who capture a dacoit stronghold named Lungtungpen while in the nude.

In this illustration from the 1896 edition of Soldier Tales, Private Mulvaney commands his men to "Shtrip, bhoys. Shtrip to the buff, an' shwim in where glory waits!" as they prepare to capture Lungtungpen.

See another illustrationIllustration: Archibald Standish Hartrick; restoration: Adam Cuerden