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There was no strategy nor tactics in this battle; it was simply men standing up and giving and taking, and the one that stood the longest won the battle.
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gutenberg.orgGrenville Dodge: “There was no strategy nor tactics in this battle; it was simply men standing up and giving and taking, and the one that…”
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Dodge describes the chaotic nature of a battle that relied on sheer endurance rather than strategy.
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