Lucas was overly cautious, spent valuable time digging in, and allowed the Germans to prepare countermeasures to ensure that an operation conceived as a daring Allied offensive behind enemy lines became a long, costly campaign of attrition.
Dang! beached himself. Dumb dumb dumb - he lost all initiative and surprise.
48 posted on 06/05/2004 12:54:41 PM PDT by demlosers