To Inform, And, Therefore To Reconnoitre ,

The Truth Is, No Study Is Possible On The Battle-field; One Does There Simply What One Can In Order To Apply What One Knows . Therefore, In Order To Do Even A Little, One Has Already To Know A Great Deal And To Know It Well.

Airplanes Are Interesting Toys But Of No Military Value.

One Does Simply What One Can In Order To Apply What One Knows .

One Is Defeated Only When One Accepts Defeat.

In War There Are None But Particular Cases; Everything Has There An Individual Nature; Nothing Ever Repeats Itself. In The First Place, The Data Of A Military Problem Are But Seldom Certain; They Are Never Final . Everything Is In A Constant State Of Change And Reshaping.