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the group up the middle

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Reply Tue 4 Apr, 2006 07:03 am
He led the group up the middle. (during an attack()
Could it mean: in the middle, the middle group?
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Reply Tue 4 Apr, 2006 07:07 am
It means the middle of the operational axis, rather than on either the left or right flank. That's very inept usage of English, and inferentially, the author knows little of military matters. In military parlance, one would commonly say "lead them up the center."
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