Our attack will stop.

See--look here!" He moved to a table, and with pens and pencils made a rough diagram of the position.
"They gave up Gumbinnen without a fight, and formed in a half circle behind.

They had so few men there that it was an invitation to us to try to outflank them.

Our right could sweep out and draw in behind their left--so.

And then their supporting troops could outflank our right, in turn, and it would be caught between two fires! They have fewer troops than we in East Prussia to-day, but ours are separated, while they risked all to bring all theirs together at this one point and left the south unguarded from Mlawa to Liok! Oh, it was daring--Napoleon might have planned that!" "I see," said Fred.