 | Henry Alexander White - United States - 1897 - 648 pages
...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...the advance. Disaster and shame lurk in the rear." Pope also issued certain orders directed against the unarmed citizens of this section. Private property... | |
 | George Francis Robert Henderson - Generals - 1898 - 708 pages
...smiled grimly when he thought of the maxim which Pope had promulgated with such splendid confidence : ' Let us study the probable lines of retreat of our...opponents, and leave our own to take care of themselves ! ' It was no time, however, to indulge in reflections on the irony of fortune. All through the afternoon,... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - United States - 1899 - 618 pages
...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...the advance, disaster and shame lurk in the rear." l This address lacked wisdom and tact. To the officers and soldiers of the three corps which made up... | |
 | Clement Anselm Evans - Confederate States of America - 1899 - 764 pages
...sorry to find in vogue amongst you, of lines of retreat and bases of supplies. Let us dismiss such ideas. The strongest position a soldier should desire...occupy is one from which he can most easily advance toward the enemy. Let us study the possible lines of retreat of our opponents, and leave our own to... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1903 - 436 pages
...strong positions and holding them — of lines of retreat and bases of supplies. Let us discard such ideas. The strongest position a soldier should desire...opponents, and leave our own to take care of themselves." In general orders (July 18th) he announced that for the future, "as far as practicable the troops of... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - United States - 1906 - 622 pages
...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...the advance, disaster and shame lurk in the rear." ' This address lacked wisdom and tact. To the officers and soldiers of the three corps which made up... | |
 | John William Jones - Biography & Autobiography - 1906 - 504 pages
...strong positions and holding them — of lines of retreat and bases of supplies. Let us dismiss such ideas. The strongest position a soldier should desire...own to take care of themselves. Let us look before and not behind. Success and glory are in the advance. Disaster and shame lurk in the rear. Let us act... | |
 | Samuel Livingston French - History - 1906 - 382 pages
...and holding them," of "lines of retreat" and of "bases of supplies." Let us discard such ideas. . . Let us study the probable lines of retreat of our...the advance, disaster and shame lurk in the rear. . . ." General Pope was a man of undoubted energy and courage, who, having displayed considerable military... | |
 | Alonzo Rothschild - History - 1906 - 576 pages
...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...opponents, and leave our own to take care of themselves." 148. McClellan to his wife, July 22, 1862. — McClellan, 454. 149. Records, series i, vol. xi, part... | |
 | Edward Porter Alexander - Biography & Autobiography - 1907 - 674 pages
...applied. When Pope next day looked upon the ashes, he must have felt that it was bad advice, when he said, "Let us study the probable lines of retreat of our...opponents and leave our own to take care of themselves." Meanwhile, at Bristoe, Ewell had been unmolested until near three o'clock. About that time he was attacked... | |
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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 occupy is one from which he can most easily advance against the... 
