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Rh 20. Whether the object be to crush an army, to storm a city, or to assassinate an individual, it is always necessary to begin by finding out the names of the attendants,
 * 1) 

the aides-de-camp,

the door-keepers and sentries

of the general in command.

Our spies must be commissioned to ascertain these.