SKOBELEFF'S REBUFF.
General Skobeleff /believed in briefly ad ! • dressing' men and statins: clearly -what was expected, of them before leading . them to an attack. He had a fine command of language and a personal' magnetism 'that inspired the confidence ■which, impels masses of men to concerted action. On one occasion he , had ordered a.certam colonel to carry. out an important plan. Before moving- to i its execution the colonel attempted, to address his regiment, but, list 'haying the* trick 'of speech, blundered for^wordfl and finally; broke down. When Skobeleff could stand it no longer, he turned sharply on the colonel, eaying, so that the regiment could hearit, ' If at a moment like . this words fail you, it is because you haven't any clear idea; of what you propose to dp. At times like this.the heart will speak, and if the heart /doesn't /speak it is because' you haven't^iny heart for the fight.' Then, with a few inspiring words, he sent the regiment flying to its charge. ./ :
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Bruce Herald, Volume XXXXI, Issue 50, 27 June 1905, Page 2
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166SKOBELEFF'S REBUFF. Bruce Herald, Volume XXXXI, Issue 50, 27 June 1905, Page 2
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