THE BATTLE OF FRANCE
And he added lugubriously:
'As for me, I have been classed as a "non-
motorizable cavalryman"/
But when I want to please Duncan, I tell him that
motorized regiments are only useful to the extent
that they copy the tactics of the cavalry.
Realism
Although his trenches were not particularly close
to the enemy, it was the wish of General M------that
they should be occupied by the division for three
days, just as they would be in battle. The strictest
orders were issued to ensure that nothing should be
lacking from the realism of the operation. All rations
and munitions were to be brought up at night, and
during the day there were to be no convoys on the
roads, no cars waiting outside the control posts.
Facing the trenches, in the zone which would be
occupied by the enemy, the General had sent out
observers, who, from factory chimneys and trees,
had had instructions to note and signal all move-
ments in our lines which were too visible.
Among the observers was a young artillery
Lieutenant taken from one of the division's batteries.
Perched upon a dove-cote, with his binoculars in his
hands, he had watched with praiseworthy care every
moving thing in the fields, the village, and the woods*
Suddenly, at the top of the ladder which led to his
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