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And likewise their strategy , which relied on the prompt application of superior
force in a direct manner and with little trace of guile . It is true that the Germans
did their best to ensure that this physical superiority was realised and that
originally ...
And likewise their strategy , which relied on the prompt application of superior
force in a direct manner and with little trace of guile . It is true that the Germans
did their best to ensure that this physical superiority was realised and that
originally ...
Page 122
In the opening campaign the opposing armies sought each other in a direct
advance , and the result was indecisive alike in Virginia and in Missouri . Then
McClellan , appointed to the command - in - chief of the North , in 1862 conceived
the ...
In the opening campaign the opposing armies sought each other in a direct
advance , and the result was indecisive alike in Virginia and in Missouri . Then
McClellan , appointed to the command - in - chief of the North , in 1862 conceived
the ...
Page 123
As so often in history a direct doubling of strength meant not a doubling but a
halving of the effect through simplifying the enemy ' s ' lines of expectation . Yet
Halleck ' s strategy fulfils the obvious interpretation of the principle of
concentration ...
As so often in history a direct doubling of strength meant not a doubling but a
halving of the effect through simplifying the enemy ' s ' lines of expectation . Yet
Halleck ' s strategy fulfils the obvious interpretation of the principle of
concentration ...
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, 253. köide |
| Editors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) |
| Contributor | George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1929 |
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