Book 10. (1 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 23 | 116 | The primary engagement View more quotes about weapons">weapons are lance and scimitar, and the primary defense is a small round buckler. |
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Book 10. (7 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 23 | 113 | They had held the front lines of the Aretai left flank for two hundred years. |
| 23 | 114 | The left flank, incidentally, is the critical flank in this form of warfare. |
| 23 | 115 | The reason for this is interesting and simple. |
| 23 | 116 | The primary engagement weapons are lance and scimitar, and the primary defense is a small round buckler. |
| 23 | 117 | There is a tendency, after the lines are engaged for each force to drift to its right. |
| 23 | 118 | In a Gorean engagement on foot, incidentally, assuming uniform lines, this drift is almost inevitable, because each man, in fighting, tends to shelter himself partially, as he can, behind the shield of the man on his right. |
| 23 | 119 | This causes the infantry lines to drift. |
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They had held the front lines of the Aretai left flank for two hundred years.
The left flank, incidentally, is the critical flank in this form of warfare.
The reason for this is interesting and simple.
The primary engagement weapons are lance and scimitar, and the primary defense is a small round buckler.
There is a tendency, after the lines are engaged for each force to drift to its right.
In a Gorean engagement on foot, incidentally, assuming uniform lines, this drift is almost inevitable, because each man, in fighting, tends to shelter himself partially, as he can, behind the shield of the man on his right.
This causes the infantry lines to drift.
- (Tribesmen of Gor)