Book 30. (1 results) Mariners of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 26 | 21 | On the other View more quotes about hand">hand, as far as I could tell, there was a serious likelihood that we might be seriously outnumbered in any pitched battle. |
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Book 30. (7 results) Mariners of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 26 | 18 | "We stood up to them well enough at the evacuation," said another. |
| 26 | 19 | "Consider how heavily we were outnumbered," said another. |
| 26 | 20 | I was pleased to some extent, of course, that the morale of our armsmen seemed high. |
| 26 | 21 | On the other hand, as far as I could tell, there was a serious likelihood that we might be seriously outnumbered in any pitched battle. |
| 26 | 22 | The ideal, of course, is to engage the enemy only when it is to one's advantage, not to his advantage. |
| 26 | 23 | Small units are likely to overcome smaller units. |
| 26 | 24 | Thus, a smaller army, rapid and evasive, judiciously disposed and applied, may, in time, in a hundred actions, a hundred skirmishes, inflict much damage on a larger army, if its elements can be met seriatim, and divided. |
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"We stood up to them well enough at the evacuation," said another.
"Consider how heavily we were outnumbered," said another.
I was pleased to some extent, of course, that the morale of our armsmen seemed high.
On the other hand, as far as I could tell, there was a serious likelihood that we might be seriously outnumbered in any pitched battle.
The ideal, of course, is to engage the enemy only when it is to one's advantage, not to his advantage.
Small units are likely to overcome smaller units.
Thus, a smaller army, rapid and evasive, judiciously disposed and applied, may, in time, in a hundred actions, a hundred skirmishes, inflict much damage on a larger army, if its elements can be met seriatim, and divided.
- (Mariners of Gor)