Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—L

Line of Communication

or rather Lines of Communication, are trenches made to continue and preserve a safe correspondence between two forts, or two approaches to a besieged city, or between two parts of the same army, in order that they may co-operate with each other.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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