No Campaign Plan Survives First Contact With

Boldness Becomes Rarer, The Higher The Rank.

I Shall Proceed From The Simple To The Complex. But In War More Than In Any Other Subject We Must Begin By Looking At The Nature Of The Whole; For Here More Than Elsewhere The Part And The Whole Must Always Be Thought Of Together.

Four Elements Make Up The Climate Of War: Danger, Exertion, Uncertainty And Chance.

War Is Regarded As Nothing But The Continuation Of State Policy With Other Means.

Pursue One Great Decisive Aim With Force And Determination.