The spot where we intend to fight must not be made known; for then the
enemy will have to prepare against a possible attack at several
different points;
Sheridan once explained the reason of General Grant’s victories by
saying that “while his opponents were kept fully employed
wondering what he was going to do, _he_ was thinking most of what
he was going to do himself.”
and his forces being thus distributed in many directions, the numbers
we shall have to face at any given point will be proportionately few.