Book 15. (1 results) Rogue of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 1 | 66 | Our generals had chosen their View more quotes about ground">ground well". |
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Book 15. (7 results) Rogue of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 1 | 63 | Massed men, I knew, could not stand against the charge of tharlarion, not without a defense of ditches or pointed stakes. |
| 1 | 64 | "But then," said the man, "their phalanx swept down upon us. |
| 1 | 65 | Then did the day seem lost and retreat was sounded, but the withdrawal was prearranged to creviced ground, to rocky slopes and cragged, outjutting formations. |
| 1 | 66 | Our generals had chosen their ground well". |
| 1 | 67 | I knew, too, that no fixed military formation could meet the phalanx on its own terms and survive. |
| 1 | 68 | Different length spears are held by different ranks, the longer spears by the more rearward ranks. |
| 1 | 69 | It charges on the run. |
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Massed men, I knew, could not stand against the charge of tharlarion, not without a defense of ditches or pointed stakes.
"But then," said the man, "their phalanx swept down upon us.
Then did the day seem lost and retreat was sounded, but the withdrawal was prearranged to creviced ground, to rocky slopes and cragged, outjutting formations.
Our generals had chosen their ground well".
I knew, too, that no fixed military formation could meet the phalanx on its own terms and survive.
Different length spears are held by different ranks, the longer spears by the more rearward ranks.
It charges on the run.
- (Rogue of Gor)