Stop blaming the printers! : ) E. -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: slobodan dimitrov <s.dimitrov@xxxxxxxxxxx> > I see. > I wonder if the hyphen was dropped typographically by printers who > didn't know the term? > > s. > > On Sep 27, 2007, at 7:50 PM, Marc James Small wrote: > > > At 10:45 AM 9/26/2007, Allen Zak wrote: > > >That means he takes measure to protect the right flank of his battle > > >unit against attack by an enemy. An army in the field has sides, > > known > > >as flanks, as well as a front. Those sides are often vulnerable to a > > >flank attack because most of the weapons and deployment for combat > > >takes place at the front. > > > > Allen is correct. "Refuse" was a common tactical and operational > > term in the days of the US Civil War but has since fallen out of > > common military use. It is "re-fuse" (as in, "fuse again") and not > > "refuse" (as in to decline to do something). Imagine this: a > > battle develops and both sides push off to the flanks in an effort > > to envelop the enemy. When one side runs short of troops to > > continue the line, it will pull back its exposed flank into a loop > > connecting back to its own line. A fine example is that of Colonel > > Chamberlain with the 20th Maine at Little Round Top at Gettysburg. > > It worked -- and he refused to the front and not to the rear as was > > more commonly done. > > > > Marc > > > > > > msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir! > > > > --- > > Rollei List > > > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' > > in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into > > www.freelists.org > > > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > > http://www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > > > > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' > in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > http://www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at http://www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list