Original sentence: Initally, Lossberg, who was Bauer and Geyer’s superior, opposed elastic defense.The Defense Expert:  Fritz von Lossberg, pages 30-80.The doctrine of “defense in depth” or “elastic defense” was formulated in 1915 by a small group of young staff officers at the German Army High Command at Mézières, France; specifically, it was proposed by Major Max Bauer, Major Bussche, Captian Hermann Geyer, and Captain Harbon
Edited sentence: Initially, Lossberg, who was Bauer and Geyer’s superior, opposed elastic defense.The Defense Expert:  Fritz von Lossberg, pages 30–80.The doctrine of “defense in depth” or “elastic defense” was formulated in 1915 by a small group of young staff officers at the German Army High Command at Mézières, France; specifically, it was proposed by Major Max Bauer, Major Bussche, Captain Hermann Geyer, and Captain Harbon