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From: munnari!bohra.cpg.oz.au!ejp@uunet.UU.NET (Esmond Pitt)
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Subject: Re: Low Tech Warfare (1 of 5)
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Date: 6 Dec 89 02:49:05 GMT
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From: munnari!bohra.cpg.oz.au!ejp@uunet.UU.NET (Esmond Pitt)

In article <11823@cbnews.ATT.COM> wrf@mab.ecse.rpi.edu (Wm Randolph Franklin) writes:
>>                    LOW TECH WARFARE - PART I
>
>It would be interesting to compile  a  list of battles that  were won by
>one side doing  something the  other thought  was physically impossible.

How about:

	Hannibal brings elephants across the Alps
	Napoleon crosses the Alps in winter
	Lawrence takes Akaba from the rear by crossing the Nefu desert.


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