Book 36. (1 results) Avengers of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 44 | 10 | View more quotes about walls">Walls reduce the advantage of numbers. |
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Book 36. (7 results) Avengers of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 44 | 7 | The climber may be frustrated by one defender alone, but, commonly, will encounter two or three. |
| 44 | 8 | In this way, a single defender, or two or three, is a match for as many as the besiegers can place on a single ladder. |
| 44 | 9 | It is similar to defending a bridge or narrow pass, in which a single man, or a handful of men, may slow or stop the advance of far greater numbers, save that the defender of the wall has the additional advantage of, so to speak, a higher ground. |
| 44 | 10 | Walls reduce the advantage of numbers. |
| 44 | 11 | Let us suppose the besiegers outnumber the defenders ten to one. |
| 44 | 12 | Let us suppose the besiegers have ten men on each of ten ladders. |
| 44 | 13 | At the top of the ladder, one attacker, at a considerable disadvantage, given his position, might encounter, say, one defender. |
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The climber may be frustrated by one defender alone, but, commonly, will encounter two or three.
In this way, a single defender, or two or three, is a match for as many as the besiegers can place on a single ladder.
It is similar to defending a bridge or narrow pass, in which a single man, or a handful of men, may slow or stop the advance of far greater numbers, save that the defender of the wall has the additional advantage of, so to speak, a higher ground.
Walls reduce the advantage of numbers.
Let us suppose the besiegers outnumber the defenders ten to one.
Let us suppose the besiegers have ten men on each of ten ladders.
At the top of the ladder, one attacker, at a considerable disadvantage, given his position, might encounter, say, one defender.
- (Avengers of Gor)