A queen had to understand the battle plans her generals gave her rather than simply accept them blindly.
McGaughey and Charlie Whittingham, Sunday Silence's trainer, are of course not disclosing their battle plans to the enemy, and both will probably engage in a bit of disinformation this week.
After a brief goodbye dinner party with Chiang Kai-Shek's family, Falkenhausen promised to Chiang Kai-Shek that he would never reveal any battle plans he had taught him to the Japanese.
Neither side revealed its battle plans to the other.
If I happened to be the one who's running this war, I don't think I'd be scrawling my battle plans across the sky every night, would you?
Nearly four decades ago, South Vietnamese leaders mapped out their battle plans inside the presidential palace here.
Perry knew battle was coming, and he "consciously followed Nelson's example in describing his battle plans to his captains.
With the departure time fast approaching and the battle plans clearly taking shape, though, Drizzt began to understand that Masoj would not be joining them.
Although battle plans always change in times of war, the vice president said, "I think, again, we've got the basic strategy right."
Iraq fared badly in the war, not least because Mr. Hussein interfered in the battle plans despite a complete lack of military training, even issuing orders based on dreams.