Originally Posted by
rolling20
I have never understood why Harris didn't send in the mainforce for follow up raids in the preceding days. The damage done would surely have been quite severe after the initial breaches.
IIRC, Hastings expresses surprise that there was no attempt to disrupt the repairs (which would be the only really profitable target). Perhaps because Harris didn't really believe in the operation?
Hastings seems to be very balanced on both Harris and Gibson, with criticism (severe criticism, in the case of Harris) but not just for the sake of being revisionist. On Gibson, he has no doubt at all that he was heroic, whilst being aware that heroes are not always comfortable to be around (a perception that goes back at least to the
Iliad).