Victory Is A Thing Of The Will.

Regulations Are All Very Well For Drill, But In The Hour Of Danger They Are No More Use. You Have To Learn To Think.

The Distribution Of Troops Devoted To The Defence Of A Place Includes A Garrison, An Occupying Force, Numerically As Weak As Possible; A Reserve As Strong As Possible, Designed For Counterattacking And For Providing Itself, At The Moment It Goes Into Action, With A Security Service Which Will Guard It From Any Possible Surprise.

There Is But One Means To Extenuate The Effects Of Enemy Fire: It Is To Develop A More Violent Fire Oneself.

The Military Mind Always Imagines That The Next War Will Be On The Same Lines As The Last. That Has Never Been The Case And Never Will Be. One Of The Great Factors On The Next War Will Be Aircraft Obviously. The Potentialities Of Aircraft Attack On A Large Scale Are Almost Incalculable.

No Study Is Possible On The Battlefield.