During the stop over at Palm Island the men went ashore almost every day, and although the shingle beach, rocky ground and bush made the terrain unsuited to tactical manoeuvres, they were able to practice maintaining contact in dense jungle, a skill which later proved important during the fighting at Bita Paka.
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Since using a bow requires a horseman to let go of the reins with both hands, horse archers need superb tactical manoeuvre the horsemen would make a feigned retreat and progress away from the pursuing enemy while turning his upper body and shooting backwards at the pursuer, guiding his horse with his voice and the pressure of his legs.
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Globe and Mail columnist Campbell Clark accused Fantino of carrying out a " classic tactical manoeuvre : the quarter-turn retreat . " He stated, " According to the junior defence minister, the Harper government is committed to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, but not so much that it s necessarily going to buy the things.
