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December 10, 2004
The Ninth Day of Christmas: Duffer's Drift
Every year I send out with my Christmas cards a list of good things I have come across during the year. I'll post these one by one here.9. The Defense of Duffer's Drift, by Captain E.D. Swinton, 1905. Six dreams of Boer War Lieutenant Backsight Forethought, left with 50 men to hold Duffer's Drift. In each dream, he makes plans to hold it, remembering in the next dream the lessons from his defeat in the previous one.
This is quite short, and you can print it out after you download it from the Net. It is a well-written, gripping story, and also nicely scientific, because it looks at the same situation over and over with different strategies. I don't think what I learn about how to wage war will be of practical use, but I do like seeing this format used, and it is good entertainment.
Posted by erasmuse at December 10, 2004 12:50 PM
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