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From: "Vern Humphrey" 
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To: goffscalif{at}aol.com [mailto:goffscalif{at}aol.com]
>
> > Adn the British were deep in wild and hostile territory.  They were
> > dependent on what they could carry with them -- there were no lines of
> > supply they could trust.
>
> Nor could they call in reinforcements, while it was possible for
> Jackson to
> reinforce if necessary.

In the matter of strength, they were prisoners of the second differential
-- they were behind, the Americans were getting stronger, faster -- and
they were accelerating.
>
> In those days fighting far from home was very difficult, unless
> you were in
> country (India, for instance) where you already had bases you could fight
> from).  It could take months just to find out what was happening,
> much less issue
> orders, get supplies, etc. etc. etc.  Just the C3 difficulties
> are staggering
> to those of us who are used to seeing a target blow up on TV
> tonight, just a
> day or two after someone first identified it.
>
Absolutely -- they didn't even have rudimentary things like topographic
maps.  Most officers couldn't use a compass.  The idea of the 5-paragraph
field order hadn't been developed.

It really didn't take a Jackson to defeat them -- they would have simply
been swallowed up if they had managed to push the Americans out of
position.
>


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