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Why is "one casualty number" the wrong stop when reading a flank map in 1815?

Keep two clocks for a flank map in 1815: the document and the later story. A flank map of 18 June 1815 asks who was on a named road at a named hour, which one casualty number cannot say. Stopping at "one casualty number" answers a thinner question than the linked chapter can support.

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Separate the two clocksKeep two clocks for a flank map in 1815: the document and the later story. A…
Name the later storyThe label to retire, for a flank map in 1815, is "one casualty number". It…
Keep the earlier documentCopy one constraint onto the card before you compare memoirs, menus, seasons,…
Then open the chapterOpen the linked chapter and see whether it uses the same 1815 clock for a…

A flank map of 18 June 1815 asks who was on a named road at a named hour, which one casualty number cannot say. The 1815 reading of a flank map fails when "one casualty number" replaces that constraint.

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A flank map of 18 June 1815 asks who was on a named road at a named hour, which one casualty number cannot say. The 1815 reading of a flank map fails when "one casualty number" replaces that constraint.

Separate the two clocks

Keep two clocks for a flank map in 1815: the document and the later story. A flank map of 18 June 1815 asks who was on a named road at a named hour, which one casualty number cannot say. Write 1815 on the card before any shorter label about a flank map.

Name the later story

The label to retire, for a flank map in 1815, is "one casualty number". It feels final because it is short, and it hides the constraint in the sentence above. A flank map of 18 June 1815 asks who was on a named road at a named hour, which one casualty number cannot say.

Keep the earlier document

Copy one constraint onto the card before you compare memoirs, menus, seasons, or statutes. A flank map of 18 June 1815 asks who was on a named road at a named hour, which one casualty number cannot say. That sentence is the job of this note about a flank map.

Then open the chapter

Open the linked chapter and see whether it uses the same 1815 clock for a flank map. A flank map of 18 June 1815 asks who was on a named road at a named hour, which one casualty number cannot say. If a later telling disagrees, keep both and name the document each one comes from.

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Questions

Why keep 1815 next to a flank map?
A flank map of 18 June 1815 asks who was on a named road at a named hour, which one casualty number cannot say. Drop the year and the order of the constraint disappears.
What drops out if a reader stops at "one casualty number"?
The constraint on a flank map in 1815 drops out. A flank map of 18 June 1815 asks who was on a named road at a named hour, which one casualty number cannot say.
What should be written before the linked chapter is opened?
Write 1815 and one constraint for a flank map. A flank map of 18 June 1815 asks who was on a named road at a named hour, which one casualty number cannot say.

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