Book 21. (7 results) Mercenaries of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 3 | 349 | Later some became cities. |
| 3 | 350 | These roads and camps, and measures, made it possible to move troops not only efficiently and rapidly, but assisted in military planning. |
| 3 | 351 | One could tell, for example, how long it would take to bring a certain number of men to bear on a certain point. |
| 3 | 352 | The permanent garrisons of the fortified camps, too, of course, exercise a significant peace-keeping and holding role in the outer districts of a city's power. |
| 3 | 353 | Too, training and recruiting often take place in such camps. |
| 3 | 354 | To be sure, these forces of Cos could not be expected to have come over and taken a few months to attend to the leisurely construction of permanent camps along the route of their projected march. |
| 3 | 355 | Still, judging from the nature of the supply column, or columns, their progress seemed very slow, almost leisurely. |
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Later some became cities.
These roads and camps, and measures, made it possible to move troops not only efficiently and rapidly, but assisted in military planning.
One could tell, for example, how long it would take to bring a certain number of men to bear on a certain point.
The permanent garrisons of the fortified camps, too, of course, exercise a significant peace-keeping and holding role in the outer districts of a city's power.
Too, training and recruiting often take place in such camps.
To be sure, these forces of Cos could not be expected to have come over and taken a few months to attend to the leisurely construction of permanent camps along the route of their projected march.
Still, judging from the nature of the supply column, or columns, their progress seemed very slow, almost leisurely.
- (Mercenaries of Gor, Chapter )