Word: commandeers
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...occurs this statement: "Failure to do just that (keep his enemy rolling) is an occupational disease among generals, who often have a fatal weakness for consolidation after partial victory-e.g., Meade after Gettysburg, Lee after Manassas I and II." It so happens that Lee was not in command at the First Battle of Manassas. The Confederates were commanded by Beauregard, who was joined by Joseph E. Johnston and later in the afternoon by Kirby Smith. Stonewall Jackson, looking over the field after the battle, was reputed to have said: "Give me 10,000 fresh troops and I will...
...other words, the squad leader and second in command should be the father, mother and big brother to the members of his squad...
...quietly efficient. His subordinates sometimes refer to him as "Silent Archie" and "Guinea-a-Word Wavell." He works hard -rises at 6:15 a.m., does not dawdle all afternoon over lunch, and is tireless in flying from front to front to keep in touch with his vast command. He is physically tough, and rides, plays golf, goes swimming even when crises are thickest. His calm is unshatterable, he can be hurried by no man. He is sociable but completely unaffected, and loves to quote Hotspur's contemptuous speech about popinjay staff officers who shine so brisk, and smell...
ROME--Premier Bonito Mussolini's newspaper today predicted that an impending spring offensive against Britain will bring "a final Axis victory" while the Fascist High Command reported intensified German air attacks in Libya and the Mediterranean...
...authoritative" book. It is laden rather with personal intelligence than with documented information. It is by no means complete; the whole ugly and fascinating complex of problems surrounding the Negro, for example, is never examined headon. But Cash is honest, temperate, eloquent and kind, and he is definitely in command of his subject. Anything written about the South henceforth must start where he leaves...