As the Spanish legions ascended and descended the steep mountain crags, or while they crossed the rapid iSER, or file by file wound through the narrow passes of the rocks, a handful of men would have been sufficient to put an entire stop to their march, and to drive them back into the mountains, where they would have been irretrievably lost, since at each place of encampment supplies were provided for no more than a single day, and for a third part only of the whole force.
"The Revolt of The Netherlands, Complete"
Frederich Schiller
Only a few showed courage, and urged that they must search and search, even if they had to turn aside the river iSER a hundred times.
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