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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old
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The line of supply may be said to be as vital to the existence of an army as the heart to the life of a human being. Just as the duelist who finds his adversary's point menacing him with certain death, and his own guard astray, is compelled to conform to his adversary's movements, and to content himself with warding off his thrusts, so the commander whose communications are suddenly threatened find s himself in a false position, and he will be fortunate if he has not to change all his plans, to split up his force into more or less isolated detachments, and to fight with inferior numbers on ground which he has not had time to prepare, and where defea t will not be an ordinary failure, but will entail the ruin or surrender of his whole army.
- Col. Henderson
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January 9
1838: A Patriot attack against Amhertsburg, Ont. is defeated by Canadian militiamen.
1916: Complete evacuation of the Gallipoli peninsula announced
1945: HMCS Ehkoli, a former Royal Canadian Navy patrol boat, is recommissioned in the RCN as a survey vessel
1950: A North Star aircraft of No. 412 Squadron continues the first Royal Canadian Air Force round-the-world flight (02-31 Jan).
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