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| 10 | 36 | View more quotes about forces">Forces of that size, in such a location, must be supplied from without. |
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| 10 | 33 | General Yamada's lines of encirclement, ample to resist and turn back any likely sallying forth from the holding, were numerous, thick, and deep. |
| 10 | 34 | He had, in effect, his armies in the field, and largely concentrated in the area of the holding. |
| 10 | 35 | There was no way that limited area could indefinitely sustain large numbers of men. |
| 10 | 36 | Forces of that size, in such a location, must be supplied from without. |
| 10 | 37 | There was no dearth of food in the several territories claimed by Lord Yamada as we had determined, in supplying the holding by air. |
| 10 | 38 | On the other hand, these supplies, if unable to reach his men in sufficient quantities in a timely manner, might as well, from the point of the besiegers, anchored in place, not exist. |
| 10 | 39 | Several days ago we had begun to disrupt the supply lines of the enemy, striking at supply trains, frightening away draymen, dealing with guards, overturning and burning wagons, seizing stores, and discarding what we could not carry. |