Word: outflank
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...height of the Battle of the Meuse-Argonne, Corporal York, his sergeant and 15 men were ordered to wipe out a hillful of German machine-gun nests. Maneuvering to outflank the enemy, they stumbled on a field headquarters and captured 20 German officers and men. A burst of machine-gun fire cut down half of York's companions. The corporal thereupon, singlehanded, picked off 20 machine-gunners-enough to persuade the entire 35-gun salient to surrender. York and seven survivors marched 132 prisoners to the rear...
Since the Germans cannot be counted on to make mistakes such as the Italians made fighting against the Greeks, the Yugoslavs may do brilliantly and still be beaten. The Germans ought to be able to overrun northwestern Yugoslavia coming down in a drive that will outflank and take the great Yugoslavian loop of the Danube Drives were to be expected down the river itself from Mohacs and Subotica in Hungary, and perhaps also from Rumania through the Iron Gate, or from Bulgaria driving towards Nish from Sofia...
With their mechanized equipment, their heavier and more numerous artillery and their larger number of troops, the Italians naturally stuck to the roads, and the roads run through the valleys and the passes. General Papagos made use of the mountains by moving along the heights to outflank the Italians. His infantry, composed of mountaineers - all Greece is mountainous - knew exactly how to get through hills. Everything fitted...
...from the part of Poland which they have acquired the Germans can march southeastward to outflank both these rivers. In fact it would be practical and might (Continued on third page following) be politically advantageous for them to undertake the entire invasion from this direction...
Panzer units are in effect armored cavalry. After the break-through they move out ahead of the infantry to outflank the enemy and to reach and harass his rear. They influence the direction of the enemy's retirement, but all important is pressure by the masses of infantry...