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Originally Posted by 43Supporter
For another: Stationary firing positions are, well, stationary -- to paraphrase General Gates from _The Crossing_: "They make da[sh]ed fine targets; even a Yankee gunner couldn't miss them".
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Hmm, hardly apposite.
"Those big Durham boats of yours make damn good targets. Even a Yankee gunner couldn't miss them."
A boat on a river ain't the same thing (but I presume they did indeed miss them since Washington did in fact cross the Delaware).