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 Zak On Sep 25, 2007, at 11:17 PM, slobodan dimitrov wrote:
What does it mean when a military commander "refuses his right flank". s.d. --- 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 //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list
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