They Came to Cordura
“Three hundred men drew audible breath.
They saw the earth’s immense and aged hand upturned to the sky as though in supplication. They stood high on the wrist. Down, down the palm of the hand they saw a line of road which ran to mottled flesh of cultivated ground. Far, far to the rear of the palm and close to a horny ridge of hills basing the fingers of the hand they saw small motes of buildings which must be the ranch called Ojos Azules.
What they saw stunned them. The Lieutenant of Federales w...ho had visited the ranch as a boy had forgotten. This was the meaning of the terrain. From where they stood the ranch was nearer four miles than two. If the attack plan were carried out they would have to ride a mile of open ground and form in line in plain sight of the enemy and charge on tired animals three more miles to reach objective. I t was too far for the animals. It was too late to change the attack plan. If they could see they were being seen. They must move. They were committed.
Orders to mount yelled in the still air and Provisional Squadron lunged forward and on to the road at a fast trot in column of troops, four abreast.MoreLess
They saw the earth’s immense and aged hand upturned to the sky as though in supplication. They stood high on the wrist. Down, down the palm of the hand they saw a line of road which ran to mottled flesh of cultivated ground. Far, far to the rear of the palm and close to a horny ridge of hills basing the fingers of the hand they saw small motes of buildings which must be the ranch called Ojos Azules.
What they saw stunned them. The Lieutenant of Federales w...ho had visited the ranch as a boy had forgotten. This was the meaning of the terrain. From where they stood the ranch was nearer four miles than two. If the attack plan were carried out they would have to ride a mile of open ground and form in line in plain sight of the enemy and charge on tired animals three more miles to reach objective. I t was too far for the animals. It was too late to change the attack plan. If they could see they were being seen. They must move. They were committed.
Orders to mount yelled in the still air and Provisional Squadron lunged forward and on to the road at a fast trot in column of troops, four abreast.MoreLess
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