 | James Kendall Hosmer - United States - 1913 - 408 pages
...constantly of 'taking strong positions' and 'holding them against the enemy,' of 'lines of retreat' and 'bases of supplies.' Let us discard such ideas. . . . Let us study the probable lines of retreat of our opponents, and let our own take care of themselves. Let us look before us and... | |
 | John Joseph Bowen - Biography & Autobiography - 1914 - 310 pages
...from your minds certain phrases which I am sorry to find so much in vogue with you. I hear constantly of ' taking strong positions and holding them,' of...of ' bases of supplies.' Let us discard such ideas. The strongest position a soldier should desire to occupy is one from which he can most easily advance... | |
 | John Joseph Bowen - Biography & Autobiography - 1914 - 352 pages
...from your minds certain phrases which I am sorry to find so much in vogue with you. I hear constantly of ' taking strong positions and holding them,' of...of ' bases of supplies.' Let us discard such ideas. The strongest position a soldier should desire to occupy is one from which he can most easily advance... | |
 | Confederate States of America - 1916 - 600 pages
...your minds certain phrases which I am sorry to find so much in vogue amongst you. I hear constant talk of 'taking strong positions and holding them,' of 'lines of retreat' and 'bases of supply.1 Let us discard such ideas. The strongest position a soldier should desire to occupy... | |
 | John Singleton Mosby - United States - 1917 - 470 pages
...proclamation. But what interested me most in this proclamation was the following : I hear constantly of taking strong positions and holding them, of lines of retreat and bases of supplies. Let us dismiss such ideas, ... let us study the probable lines of retreat of our... | |
 | John Singleton Mosby - United States - 1917 - 488 pages
...proclamation. But what interested me most in this proclamation was the following : I hear constantly of taking strong positions and holding them, of lines of retreat and bases of supplies. Let us dismiss such ideas, ... let us study the probable lines of retreat of our... | |
 | George Francis Robert Henderson - United States - 1919 - 592 pages
...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 oi supplies. Let us discard such ideas. . . . Let us study the probable line of retreat of our opponents,... | |
 | William Wood - Literary Criticism - 1921 - 714 pages
...presume that I have been called here to lead you against the enemy, and that speedily. I hear constantly of taking strong positions and holding them — of lines of retreat and bases of supplies. Let us discard such ideas. Let us study the probable line of retreat of our opponents,... | |
 | William Wood - United States - 1921 - 474 pages
...that I have been called here to lead you \ against the enemy, and that speedily. I hear constantly of taking strong positions and holding them — of lines of retreat and bases of supplies. Let us discard such ideas. Let us study the probable line of retreat of our opponents,... | |
 | United States - 1921 - 460 pages
...presume that I have been called here to lead you against the enemy, and that speedily. I hear constantly of taking strong positions and holding them — of lines of retreat and bases of supplies. Let us discard such ideas. Let us study the probable line of retreat of our opponents,... | |
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I hear constantly of taking strong positions and holding them — of lines of retreat and of bases of supplies. 
