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This was a disappointment. People at home had had high hopes for General Patton. They had thought he might crash through to the sea behind Rommel, cut him off and, with the British, drive the Fox to ground in the south once...
...General Patton, standing there looking at his map, knew what had actually been planned and what had been done. Very possibly there had never been a plan for him to break through to the sea. Last week his strength was identified as one armored and three infantry divisions, and that would certainly have been a slim spear to throw at the coast. But George Patton must have had passing thoughts of an opportunity missed...
...Patton had not been ordered to try to cut Rommel off, he had certainly been given the task of harassing his flank as he withdrew northward. This Patton had not been able to do; he must have had his doubts as to who was winning the first round of the Rommel-v.-Patton match...
...Patton's force was containing some of Rommel's strength, but not effectively harassing...
...Ground. The frustrating thing for George Patton was that he could not get at Rommel on the kind of flat terrain where he excels, as Rommel also does...