Word: flank
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Bismark, being asked what he would do if his right flank were protected by fortifications and his left flank by a promise replied he would prepare for an attack through the promise. So, in 1914, peaceful Belgium was protected by a promise, but, unlike the Iron Chancellor who was a German and judged others by himself--Belgium looked for an attack from nowhere. She rested in false security, as everyone knows. Her government was riddled with German espionage; the forts surrounding Antwerp had been electrically wired by a German firm, so that when the stege later came, the wiring...
...Verdun, but the events of the last two weeks prove that if it is evacuated it will not be because of the defection of the British soldiers. Regardless of the loss of the Passchendaele Ridge before the city and the Wytschaete Ridge with Kemmel Hill on its south flank, the English battalions have matched German blow with British blow, German gain with British gain in the immediate environs of the city, and seem able to keep the Hun indefinitely from the Belgian city hallowed by so much British blood until the higher command shall order their advance or withdrawal...
...physical factors before him, but also the morale of his troops. On three occasions in particular has he achieved decisive success. The first was the Battle of la Fere Champenoise, in the centre of front on the Marne, where against overwhelming odds he rearranged his front, cutting into the flank of his opponents and provoking the general retreat that carried back the Germans to the line of the Aisne; the second occurred at the first battle of Ypres, where he coordinated the movements of several French and British armies, and held back the enemy on the Flanders front; the third...
...that there is a lamentable lack of linemen, outside of the candidates for end. There are two causes for joy in the coaching camp, however, one being the presence of some kickers above the average, both in punting and drop-kicking, and the other the fine material of flank men. The end positions were exceptionally weak last year, but this year there is an abundance of ends, and good ones, too. Commerford, captain of last year's freshman team; Lynch, the other man on the end of the freshman line a year ago; Moseley; Gates and Church form a quintet...
...University's system of offence is planned to split the opponent's primary defence an occasional forward pass are the other flank attack tending to keep the opponent's wing men and supporting lines from lending aid to the point assailed. Although a slower method of scoring it is less hazardous in that it does not involve so great a liability of fumbling...