General. Look here. The ground is strewn with boulders. The soldiers up there are entrenched all over the ground. And there are guns in the rocks. Every move I make is observed. If I attack as ordered, I lose half my division. And they'll still be looking down the throats at us from that rocky hill, right there. We must move around to the right, sir, and take them from the rear.

Sam, the commanding general will not allow a flanking movement around those hills. I argued it yesterday, I argued it all morning, hell, I've been arguing against any attack at all. I can't call this one off. You know it.

Let me move move up the big round hill to the south. There's nobody on that. Now if I could get a battery up there...

There ain't enough time. You'd have to cut down trees to place your artillery. It'd be dark before you were in action. On the other hand, if they get batteries up there, we're gonna need buckets to catch the lead. You've got to take that hill.

They don't even need guns to defend that. All they need to do is roll rocks down on you.

Just take it.

General, I do this under protest.

Sam, you are the best I got. Now, sir, if you are ready, why don't you take that hill?