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...once circled the pilot in search of a landing place. Before he could find one, his plane was caught in a strong air current, slithered downward, crashed in a fountain of flame on the rocky saddle between the two dormant volcanoes. When rescuers climbed up over the mountain flank, most of the 14 bodies were incinerated beyond recognition...
...finally moved, the Union left had been reinforced and it was too late. Biographers Eckenrode and Conrad reluctantly absolve Longstreet, reluctantly admit that over-polite Lee did not order an early attack, simply suggested it. When it was reported to Longstreet that a slight shift in direction would flank the enemy, which was Lee's intention, Longstreet stubbornly refused, insisted on carrying out Lee's obviously mistaken orders...
After seizing Amba Aradam, the Marshal threw every soldier he could spare into Tembien Province, to the west of his main advance. There his right flank was being menaced by two of Ethiopia's greatest generals, the wily Ras Seyoum and Ras Kassa. If they could be annihilated, the world would be in a mood to agree that "the Ethiopians are licked!" Politically such a world opinion would do Italy the most good if it coincided with this week's arrival in Geneva of Captain Anthony Eden of Great Britain and his League colleagues to decide whether...
...fact that the ends and backs can both get in the open quickly, while the passer is in excellent position to look the field over carefully. It is not as strong against the tackles as the other two formations because none of the backs are in position to quickly flank the defensive tackle or end. If a back is placed thus, the formation immediately loses its balance. It is, however, by far the best arrangement for playing a kicking game as a threat to keep one back out of the secondary defense, and gain a from it are very likely...
Coach Clark Hodder altered his first two lines, sending Walter Hunnewell and Jim Jameson, previous second-liners, out to flank Captain Harding. The second line, therefore, found three Milton Academy puckmen, Pete Stone, Miff Scaife, and the newly elevated Jack Cunningham. The latter figured in three of his line's four tallies...