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line of retreat exposed to the attacks
Leaving Wittenberg, and going in the direction of Berlin, he moved to the right to gain the extreme left of the allies, but in so doing he left his primitive line of retreat exposed to the attacks of an enemy superior in force.
— from The Art of War by Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de


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