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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old
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Nine-tenths of tactics are certain and taught in books: but the irrational tenth is like the kingfisher flashing across the pond and that is the test of generals. It can only be ensured by instinct, sharpened by thought practicing the stroke so often at the crisis it is as natural as a reflex.
- T.E. Lawrence, "The Science of Guerrilla Warfare
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July 5
1900: VC won by Sgt Arthur Herbert Lindsay Richardson, Strathcona's Horse, Wolve Spruit, Standerton
1943: Germans launch Operation Zitadelle to eliminate the Kursk salient
1945: Philippines declared liberated
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