swarm-attack

Updated: July 2, 2025

On the whole, a battered, fossil, maimed army of superannuated fighting men, scarcely fitted to shine in the new tactics of the "swarm-attack" by which the battles of the future are to be won or lost. But you cannot jibe at the worn old soldiers as "lean and slippered pantaloons."

Archibald Forbes - Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places