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Can you not cut him off from it, and above all, should he be compelled to fall back for want of supplies, beat him.
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gutenberg.orgUlysses S. Grant: “Can you not cut him off from it, and above all, should he be compelled to fall back for want of supplies, beat him.”
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Grant urges his commanders to cut off the enemy's supplies and defeat them if they are forced to retreat.
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