I Was Well Beaten Myself, And I

As God Once Said, And I Think Rightly.

The Sappers Really Need No Tribute From Me; Their Reward Lies In The Glory Of Their Achievement. The More Science Intervenes In Warfare, The More Will Be The Need For Engineers In Field Armies; In The Late War There Were Never Enough Sappers At Any Time. Their Special Tasks Involved The Upkeep And Repair Of Communications; Roads, Bridges, Railways, Canals, Mine Sweeping. The Sappers Rose To Great Heights In World War Ii And Their Contribution To Victory Was Beyond All Calculations.

Air Power Is Indivisible. If You Split It Up Into Compartments, You Merely Pull It To Pieces And Destroy Its Greatest Asset - Its Flexibility.

The Harder The Fighting And The Longer The War, The More The Infantry, And In Fact All The Arms, Lean On The Gunners.

My Own Definition Of Leadership Is This: The Capacity And The Will To Rally Men And Women To A Common Purpose And The Character Which Inspires Confidence.