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The normal and the abnormal refer to what in modern phrase are termed the frontal or holding- force and the flanking or surprise force. , sourness, sweetness and saline taste. I THE As so is THE TROOPS SPIRIT OF 33 the rush of rock-shouldering torrents, the spirit of the troops. Like the well-judged flight of the falcon, in a flash crushing its quarry, so should the stroke be timed. Wherefore the of the good fighter is terrifying, his occasions sudden like the stretched cross-bow, whose string is released spirit ; at the touch of the trigger.
If troops be sent to attack an enemy of equal quality, but ten times their number, they retire discomfited. Strong soldiers with weak officers cause relaxation. Able officers with feeble soldiers cause distress. Enraged senior officers, enemy without orders, who fall upon the and obey not the general because he does not recognise their produce disorganisation. and amiable generals, whose directions and leadership are vague, whose men's duties are not fixed, officers' and and whose dispositions are contradictory, abilities, Weak produce confusion.