Book 7. (1 results) Captive of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 12 | 635 | Such a perimeter has View more quotes about little">little meaning when the enemy can strike from above. |
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Book 7. (7 results) Captive of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 12 | 632 | We watched them strike the caravan, in waves, and turn and wheel again, discharging their bolts. |
| 12 | 633 | The bosk were being cut loose and stampeded. |
| 12 | 634 | There was no effort to turn the wagons in a single defensive perimeter. |
| 12 | 635 | Such a perimeter has little meaning when the enemy can strike from above. |
| 12 | 636 | Rather, men, hauling on the wagon tongues and thrusting with their shoulders, were putting the wagons in a dense square, with spaces between them. |
| 12 | 637 | This formation permits men to conceal themselves under the wagons, the floors of the wagons providing some protection above them. |
| 12 | 638 | The spaces between the wagons provide opportunity for the defenders to fire their crossbows upward at the attackers, and give some protection against the spreading of fire, wagon to wagon. |
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We watched them strike the caravan, in waves, and turn and wheel again, discharging their bolts.
The bosk were being cut loose and stampeded.
There was no effort to turn the wagons in a single defensive perimeter.
Such a perimeter has little meaning when the enemy can strike from above.
Rather, men, hauling on the wagon tongues and thrusting with their shoulders, were putting the wagons in a dense square, with spaces between them.
This formation permits men to conceal themselves under the wagons, the floors of the wagons providing some protection above them.
The spaces between the wagons provide opportunity for the defenders to fire their crossbows upward at the attackers, and give some protection against the spreading of fire, wagon to wagon.
- (Captive of Gor)