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Sometimes ancient armies would attempt to take cities by tunneling under their walls and sneaking in. I've read that this tactic was effective if done in secrecy, but the moment the defending army noticed the tunnels by hearing them or seeing the buildup of dirt, the attackers were toast. The defenders could countermine (dig their own tunnel) and subvert the attackers. However, I'm not entirely sure why digging a tunnel into an attacker's tunnel underground had anything more than a 50% success rate.

Why? Is it because you can flank them with one countermined tunnel on each side, for example? Or did it simply come down to which army was better equipped to fight in close quarters? What precise strategic advantages do you gain once you learn where the enemy tunnels are? Thanks!

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