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In this passage, the Sergeant-Major tries to discern whether or not Stanhope has prepared an alternative way to respond to the German attack. Because the attack is expected to be so harrowing, the Sergeant-Major wants to know if there is any possibility of “falling back” (retreating) if the company is unable to keep the Germans at bay. Unfortunately, Stanhope hasn’t been given any instructions to devise such a plan, and so he simply says, “There’s no need to.” Of course, the audience knows that Stanhope himself isn’t quite as ignorant as he appears in this moment, since he has previously…