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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old
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If you find your opponent in a strong position costly to force, you should leave him a line of retreat as the quickest way of loosening his resistance. It should, equally, be a principle of policy, especially in war, to provide your opponent with a ladder by which he can climb down.
- Sir Basil H. Liddel-Hart
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June 1
1879: Eugene, Prince Imperial of France, killed in the Zulu campaign
1915: Lord Kitchener made a K.G.
1917: Since beginning of the war, British have taken 76,067 prisoners on the Western front
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