*The General Danced at Dawn* is a collection of short stories by George MacDonald Fraser, first published in 1970. Featuring a young Scottish lieutenant named Dand MacNeill, the book offers a fond fictionalization of lif...*The General Danced at Dawn* is a collection of short stories by George MacDonald Fraser, first published in 1970. Featuring a young Scottish lieutenant named Dand MacNeill, the book offers a fond fictionalization of life in the British Army’s Highland Infantry Division shortly after the end of the Second World War.