Thread: Commanding from the rear
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Old September 5th, 2003, 10:39 PM
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I have almost finished General Patton's book "War as I Knew It".
Man that is one hell of a read if you think you know anything about this topic, this book will set you straight. Highly recommended!

he says,

"......we were to move our command post from Erlangen to Regensburg or Ratisbon, where Napoleon fought the famous battleand inspired the poem beginning, You know we French took Ratisbon, about a mile away, On a little mound Napoleon stood, etc.
Apparently army commanders did not get as relatively near the front in those days as they do now."

Hmmm, relatively.........
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