2479_1982-006_LTR_1915.10.23_002
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- had lamed many. This last affair was a Divisional affair & therefore included about fifteen to twenty thousand Troops <sup>including cavalry & artillery</sup>, half representing the attacking force & the other half, the <del>offen</del> defensive. We wore white bands round our caps & were the offensive & the enemy had a yellow band. I believe we won the fight but do not know for sure, for I may say that in these things only the officers know what is going on & even they have only a general idea, the generals themselves & their brigade & divisional staff being the only ones that really understand the whole scheme. It gives one some idea of what an extraordinary genius must be required to "run" an advance which includes a million or two of men like that accomplished by Mackensen & Hindenburg in Russia! (or General Joffre's move at the Battle of the Marne.) Can you imagine Maurice that a mere <del>brigad</del> division in column of route-march occupy over 15 miles of road! Therefore Kitchener's Army of 3 million men (if all properly equipped) would occupy, if one battalion marched behind the other,touching in one long column
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