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, or to get in his rear and cut him off from his base, or to make him abandon a strong position, so that he may be fought upon less advantageous ground. If the flanked party fall back to ground still stronger than that abandoned, then the operation cannot be said to have succeeded. If the flanking party attack first in front, and then proceed to flank after failing in the direct attack, it looks very much like retreating. Now what are the facts? Gen Grant crossed the Rappahannock on the 4th May, with the intention of fighting his way through Lee's army. He had, it is said, 130,000 men with him, and there is no doubt that with this force he expected to inflict a fatal defeat upon Lee, in Spotsylvania, or some of the counties between Spotsylvania and Richmond. He never dreamed of the opposition he should meet with, as is evident from his proclaimed determination "to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer." On the very first day of his crossing, he was attacked in his entr