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han a succession of small mountains。 It was no harder to attack up a mountain than on the level； I argued。 〃That depends on the mountains；〃 he said。 〃Look at San Gabriele。〃
〃Yes；〃 I said； 〃but where they had trouble was at the top where it was flat。 They got up to the top easy enough。〃
〃Not so easy；〃 he said。
〃Yes；〃 I said； 〃but that was a special case because it was a fortress rather than a mountain； anyway。 The Austrians had been fortifying it for years。〃 I meant tactically speaking in a war where there was some movement a succession of mountains were nothing to hold as a line because it was too easy to turn them。 You should have possible mobility and a mountain is not very mobile。 Also； people always over…shoot downhill。 If the flank were turned； the best men would be left on the highest mountains。 I did not believe in a war in mountains。 I had thought about it a lot； I said。 You pinched off one mountain and they pinched off another but when something really started every one had to get down off the mountains。
What were you going to do if you had a mountain frontier？ he asked。
I had not worked that out yet； I said； and we both laughed。 〃But；〃 I said； 〃in the old days the Austrians were always whipped in the quadrilateral around Verona。 They let them e down onto the plain and whipped them there。〃
〃Yes；〃 said Gino。 〃But those were Frenchmen and you can work out military problems clearly when you are fighting in somebody else's countr
