Book 10. (1 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 24 | 18 | We did not have View more quotes about enough">enough water to maintain our men in the field. |
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Book 10. (7 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 24 | 15 | "It will be difficult to take the kasbah". |
| 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. |
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"It will be difficult to take the kasbah".
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.
- (Tribesmen of Gor)