Ibrahim rehearsed the Konia battle twenty times before fighting it.

Evidence

Every soldier, it was reported, had become acquainted with the exact movements he was expected to perform when the actual fighting started, and the battle was said to have been exercised twenty times before it actually took place. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 897

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: Egypt’s decisive Konia victory masked serious command errors on the field — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 124
  • yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Egypt’s decisive Konia victory masked serious command errors on the field — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 124

Broader Connections