 | John Esten Cooke - 1871 - 684 頁
...much pomp and animated general orders. He arrived in a train decked out with streamers, and issued an order in which he said to the troops : " I desire...positions and holding them, of lines of retreat and base* of supplies. Let us discard such ideas. The strongest position which a soldier should desire... | |
 | John Mead Gould - 1871 - 910 頁
...distinction you are capable of achieving — that opportunity I shall endeavor to give yon. Meantime I desire you to dismiss from your minds certain phrases which I am sorry to find much in vogue amongst you. I hear constantly of taking strong positions and holding them — of lines of retreat,... | |
 | Louis-Philippe-Albert d'Orléans comte de Paris - 1876 - 830 頁
...only to his predecessors, but to the soldiers whom he addressed. " I desire," he said, "that you will dismiss from your minds certain phrases which I am sorry to find much in vogue among you. I constantly hear of strong positions to be captured and occupied, of lines of retreat and bases of supplies.... | |
 | James Moore (M.D.) - 1875 - 582 頁
...men of enlarged military experiences. It cast reflections on his predecessors. " I hear," said he, " of taking strong positions and holding them, of lines of retreat, and of bases of supplies ; let us discard such ideas. Let us study the probable line of retreat of our... | |
 | Charles H. Banes - 1876 - 326 頁
...if meant to reflect upon the commander of the Army of the Potomac. Speaking of his plans, he says, " I hear constantly of taking strong positions and holding...and bases of supplies. Let us discard such ideas; success and glory are in the advance, — disaster and shame lurk in the rear." These and sentiments... | |
 | 1879 - 992 頁
...you are capable of achieving ; that opportunity I shall endeavor to give yon. Meanwhile I desire yon to dismiss from your minds certain phrases which I am sorry to find in vogue amongst you. 1 hear constantly of taking strong positions and holding them, of Hue* of retreat... | |
 | John Codman Ropes - 1881 - 284 頁
...distinction you are capable of achieving — that opportunity I shall endeavor to give you. Meantime I desire you to dismiss from your minds certain phrases which I am sorry to find much in vogue amongst you. I hear constantly of taking strong positions and holding them — of lines of retreat... | |
 | Evan Rowland Jones - 1881 - 272 頁
...the adversary, and to beat him when found — whose policy has been attack, and not defence. . . . I desire you to dismiss from your minds certain phrases which I am sorry to find in vogue amongst you. I hear constantly of taking strong positions and holding them — of lines of... | |
 | John Codman Ropes - 1881 - 266 頁
...desire you to dismiss from your minds certain phrases which I am sorry to find much in vogue amongst you. I hear constantly of taking strong positions and holding them — of lines of retreat and of bases of supplies. Let us discard such ideas. The strongest position a soldier should desire to... | |
 | 1881 - 262 頁
...dismiss from your minds certain phrases which \Lftni sorry to find much in vogue amongst you. \jphear constantly of taking strong positions and holding them — of lines of retreat and of bases of supplies. Let us discard such ideas. The strongest position a soldier should desire to... | |
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The strongest position a soldier should desire to occupy is one from which he can most easily advance against the enemy. 
