Book 10. (1 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 24 | 19 | At View more quotes about best">best we might be able, failing to take the kasbah, to invest it with a smaller force that it would be practical to supply with water from Red Rock. |
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Book 10. (7 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 24 | 16 | That was true. |
| 24 | 17 | If it could not be taken swiftly, it might not be possible to take it at all. |
| 24 | 18 | We did not have enough water to maintain our men in the field. |
| 24 | 19 | At best we might be able, failing to take the kasbah, to invest it with a smaller force that it would be practical to supply with water from Red Rock. |
| 24 | 20 | Such a siege might last for months. |
| 24 | 21 | Our extended, thinned lines would invite attack; it would be difficult, too, even if our investing lines were not broken in force, to prevent the escape of small parties at night. |
| 24 | 22 | "Ibn Saran," I said, "may slip through your fingers". |
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That was true.
If it could not be taken swiftly, it might not be possible to take it at all.
We did not have enough water to maintain our men in the field.
At best we might be able, failing to take the kasbah, to invest it with a smaller force that it would be practical to supply with water from Red Rock.
Such a siege might last for months.
Our extended, thinned lines would invite attack; it would be difficult, too, even if our investing lines were not broken in force, to prevent the escape of small parties at night.
"Ibn Saran," I said, "may slip through your fingers".
- (Tribesmen of Gor)