Maneuvering The Army on the March [1] Variation in Tactics [1] Sun Tzu said: In war, the general receives his commands from the sovereign, collects his army and…
Laying Plans [1] Attack by Stratagem Waging War [1] Sun Tzu said: In the operations of war, where there are in the field a thousand swift chariots, as many heavy chariots, and…
Attack by Stratagem Energy Tactical Dispositions [1] Sun Tzu said: The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an…
The Angelus bell. So called because of the indulgence once given for reciting certain prayers forming the angelus. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…
(St.). A four-sided bell, which was certainly in existence in the seventh century, and is still shown in the monastery of St. Gall, Switzerland. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E…
A bell rung at funerals, when the pall was thrown over the coffin. (French, cache corps, cover over the body.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…
(The). Strasburg. “He was a Strasburgher, and in that city of bells had been a medical practitioner.” —Mayne Reid: The Scalp Hunters, chap. xxv. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E…
A tinkling in the ears, supposed by the Scotch peasantry to announce the death of a friend. O lady, `tis dark, an' I heard the death-bell, An' I darena gae yonder for gowd nor fee. James…
The bell rung in the reigns of William I. and II. at sunset, to give notice to their subjects that they were to put out their fires and candles (French, couvre feu, cover-fire). The…
The Nine Situations The Use of Spies The Attack by Fire [1] Sun Tzu said: There are five ways of attacking with fire. The first is to burn soldiers in their camp…
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