As you know I visit here every day Marion and with your last entry I am hoping you will later have some details of General Patton's 'reconnaissance in force' to Palermo.
Carlo D'Este mentions that Patton likened his objective to the making of 'rock soup'.
A tramp once went to a house and asked for some boiling water to make rock soup. The lady was interested and gave him the water, in which he placed two polished stones. He then asked if he might have some potatoes and carrots to put in the soup to flavour it a little, and finally ended up with some meat. In other words in order to attack we first had to pretend to reconnoitre, then reinforce the reconnaissance, and finally put on an attack... *
*Carlo D'Este "Bitter Victory" page 418.
Is this an American tale?
Colin.
