Title of Next book

Hildum wrote:According to some documentaries I recently watched, 60% of casualties during WW1 were caused by artillery. I really do not think the Mighty Host is going to fair well at all in their first encounters with the ICA.

I can well believe that. It's a question of where the damage is done. Artillery has the power to strike at long and medium range, and can cause horrendous casualties in troops massing for attack and in holding areas. But if enough survive to carry out the attack, once it starts, artillery is of limited use at close range – the last 50 to 100 yards or so of an actual assault. If enough of the opposition gets across that last space, then it's a case of "Goodnight Vienna . . ."
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Peter2 wrote:

Hildum wrote:According to some documentaries I recently watched, 60% of casualties during WW1 were caused by artillery. I really do not think the Mighty Host is going to fair well at all in their first encounters with the ICA.

I can well believe that. It's a question of where the damage is done. Artillery has the power to strike at long and medium range, and can cause horrendous casualties in troops massing for attack and in holding areas. But if enough survive to carry out the attack, once it starts, artillery is of limited use at close range – the last 50 to 100 yards or so of an actual assault. If enough of the opposition gets across that last space, then it's a case of "Goodnight Vienna . . ."
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That's where rifles, grenades and mortars come in along with bouncing Bettys, claymores, hand grenades, etc. Adding all of it up, getting across a fire zone can be pretty tough business.

Artillery can use canister even at close ranges. And the longer ranged artillery can still be used to slice up an assaulting forces rear, limiting the depth of the follow up to those at the point the assault.

Don

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elwnyc wrote:And after At the Sign of Triumph...if there is another one...A phrase from the hymn that begins "Once to every man and nation, comes the moment to decide; In the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side."

Though really, that's been the theme of the whole series, hasn't it?

ELwnyc,

Welcome to the wonderful and sometimes zany world on the fringes of the action. Do not ever be shy about telling the world what you think.
By the counter, this is your first post and we have no way to know what you know, what you think and what you think you know... and that is just one of the mysteries in these back rooms.

I like what you suggest though I think that "We hold these truths to be self evident"... remember what Bishop Staynair asked Merlin about in the Abby?

Title: How the Mighty hath Fallen

Everyone (including TOR and Amazon) seems to think that the title of the new book is AT THE SIGN OF TRIUMPH. I'm not impressed. I hope it's just a working title; AT THE SIGN OF TRIUMPH seems to me to be awkward and nor representative of what little we know about the action/theme of the book.
I don't have a better suggestion, myself, but surely someone out there has could come up with something better fitted to the story arc than ATSOT. From what I've read on this blog, the next book is fairly far out (alas!) so there's still time to suggest something better and call it to the attention of Runs With Celery.
Philip Stanley

Philip Stanley wrote:Everyone (including TOR and Amazon) seems to think that the title of the new book is AT THE SIGN OF TRIUMPH. I'm not impressed. I hope it's just a working title; AT THE SIGN OF TRIUMPH seems to me to be awkward and nor representative of what little we know about the action/theme of the book.
I don't have a better suggestion, myself, but surely someone out there has could come up with something better fitted to the story arc than ATSOT. From what I've read on this blog, the next book is fairly far out (alas!) so there's still time to suggest something better and call it to the attention of Runs With Celery.
Philip Stanley

I understand, rightly or wrongly, that authors do not necessarily have the same editorial control over titles as they do over the text. However, I'd be surprised if the views of an author as successful as RFC were overruled.

Here's something to consider.

The title comes forme the hymn Onward Christian Soldiers.
But here's the interesting thing.

The full line of the hymn is;

At the sign of triumph Satan's host doth flee;

and the next line is more interesting

On then, Christian Soldiers, on to victory!

Given that the next book is supposed to wrap up the currwnt story arc, it seems to me that "At the Sign of Triumph" is a pretty appropriate title.

Don

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If we're going to use lines from a song, I'd rather steal from ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS. Either MINE EYES HAVE SEEN THE GLORY or LET US FIGHT TO MAKE MEN FREE would be better than the current working title
Philip Stanley

Not being Christian, it's entirely possible that I've lost track, but aren't both of those from Battle Hymn of the Republic?

Philip Stanley wrote:If we're going to use lines from a song, I'd rather steal from ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS. Either MINE EYES HAVE SEEN THE GLORY or LET US FIGHT TO MAKE MEN FREE would be better than the current working title
Philip Stanley