Comments on: 1876 – Custer is defeated and killed at Little Bighorn http://thecentrecannothold.net/blog/1876-custer-defeated-killed-bighorn/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:51:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Loki http://thecentrecannothold.net/blog/1876-custer-defeated-killed-bighorn/#comment-38 Loki Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:59:46 +0000 http://thecentrecannothold.net/?p=2552#comment-38 I'll certainly grant your tactical point, but I didn't find any reference to the difference in arms in my (admittedly scanty) research. I’ll certainly grant your tactical point, but I didn’t find any reference to the difference in arms in my (admittedly scanty) research.

]]> By: melbournian http://thecentrecannothold.net/blog/1876-custer-defeated-killed-bighorn/#comment-37 melbournian Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:53:02 +0000 http://thecentrecannothold.net/?p=2552#comment-37 "It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know your enemies but do know yourself, you will win one and lose one; if you do not know your enemies nor yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle." Sun Tzu It didn't help either that the Indians had repeating rifles while the 7th Cavalry Regiment didn't, and that the 7th Cavalry Regiment tended to clump together making themselves larger targets. “It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know your enemies but do know yourself, you will win one and lose one; if you do not know your enemies nor yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle.” Sun Tzu

It didn’t help either that the Indians had repeating rifles while the 7th Cavalry Regiment didn’t, and that the 7th Cavalry Regiment tended to clump together making themselves larger targets.

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