For the first time in American history, the united North had used itssuperior numbers to outvote the South.
Quite early he seems to have held out hopes to Lincoln that he would soon attack, but he was writing to his wife that he expected to be attacked by superior numbers.
In the house of lords it was vigorously opposed by lord Carteret, and as strenuously supported by the duke of Argyle; but fell upon a division, by the weight of superior numbers.
General Rosecrans remarks of the 19th, that "at the close of the day we had present but two brigades that had not been squarely and opportunely in action, opposed to superior numbers of the enemy.
The second way is to get round the enemy with your superior numbers, to get past his flank, to the back of him, and so envelop him.
Now, however, when the victory they had gained made their forces in other positions available for the work, the Russians commenced to attack this position also in superior numbers.
They looked down with contempt upon all foreigners, because they had, as a matter of fact, almost always gained their victories over superior numbers.
A general of the 18th century did not believe in the efficacy of superior numbers--had not Frederick the Great disproved it?
The principle that guided him in the subsequent operations may be called "superior numbers at the decisive point.
Alvintzi was in superior numbers, as the battle of Caldiero had proved, and at any moment Davidovich, who had twice Vaubois's force, might advance to the attack of Rivoli.
But, if the defence was overwhelmed by superior numbers, it seems clear that it broke down earlier than it need have done, and that the fault lay in its organization.
Though wounded, when the enemy attacked in superior numbers, he sprang out of the trench with eight men and met the attack in the open, killing many and taking six prisoners.
A small patrol of the 10th Rifles was also waylaid by superior numbers, and an officer and sergeant taken.
The German victory was a victory of superior numbers, but it was more than that.
The Federals were thronging forward, and it seemed that the exhausted defenders must inevitably give way before the successive blows of superior numbers.
Suddenly, in the woods northward of the Confederate batteries, was heard a roar of musketry, and the 27th Virginia came reeling back before the onslaught of superior numbers.
The enemy was in front in superior numbers, but their weakness lay in underrating the courage of the British.
The Northern press says Burnside is determined to force his way, directly from the Rappahannock to Richmond, by virtue of superior numbers.
No doubt an attack by land will be made, by superior numbers, and blood will gush in streams!
There is some talk of a court-martial; for it is maintained that no commander, according to strict military rules, should have offered battle against such superior numbers.
Thus a complete and decisive victory was gained over an army of superior numbers in less than three hours.
But they felt it was now or never as they turned to bay with, for once, superior numbers.
But other Federals were still full of fight and in superior numbers.
From the moment I saw the situation in Natal, I was certain I should be pressed back by superior numbers, and have to hold Ladysmith, and I knew that {p.
Such effects, by such use of superior numbers, without which they cannot be accomplished, are always the object of war, which aims not at fighting, but at results.
But beyond everything the plan of campaign was based on the resolve to attack the enemy at once, wherever found, and keep the German forces always so compact that this could be done with the advantage of superior numbers.
The Germans, on their part, had to congratulate themselves on having maintained their ground against greatly superior numbers.
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