Book 10. (1 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 24 | 21 | Our View more quotes about extended">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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Book 10. (7 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 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. |
| 24 | 22 | "Ibn Saran," I said, "may slip through your fingers". |
| 24 | 23 | "We must take the kasbah," said Hassan. |
| 24 | 24 | "Perhaps I can help you," I said. |
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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.
"Ibn Saran," I said, "may slip through your fingers".
"We must take the kasbah," said Hassan.
"Perhaps I can help you," I said.
- (Tribesmen of Gor)