Word: flanking
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...great King seeks battle. He prefers to attack. In this, four elements predominate-speed of movement, surprise, concentration of forces at a decisive point, and thrust into flank and rear...
...armored cars. Russian casualties mounted. The Finns, too, left many dead, but the Russian push was so disorganized that the Finns began to talk of the battle as the "biggest victory" of the war. Foreigners in Helsinki, who had doubted that the Finns could resist a determined drive to flank the Mannerheim Line, were amazed at the strength of the Finnish mobile defense. To the Finns it was just another example of the efficacy of their Commander in Chief's standing order to his Army: "Hit them in the belly." Well does Field Marshal Mannerheim know that supply...
Britain, which will have to defend France's northern flank if the Germans invade Belgium, canceled Army leaves. Paris, always buzzing with rumors of wars, set Jan. 20 as the date of attack-a relatively reassuring sign that nothing would happen...
...Karelian Isthmus last week General Grigory Stern's fresh Russian troops dug themselves into trenches, while northward from Leningrad streamed more fresh soldiers and supplies. The Russians tried again to flank the Mannerheim Line, were slaughtered at Tolvaj...
...Karelian Isthmus, where the Russians have been pounding at the Mannerheim defenses for three weeks, they gained a little ground, at tremendous cost. Correspondent James Aldridge of the North American Newspaper Alliance described the taking of a hill near the Taipale River, where the Russians have been trying to flank the Mannerheim Line...