Excerpt from Foch, the Winner of the War It is a mistake to suppose that any one method of attack is better than another; one's action Should be determined by circumstances. It is only toward the end of the day, when I perceive that the enemy is tired and has drawn upon most of his resources, that I gather together all the troops which I have been able to keep in reserve, and throw a great mass of infantry, cavalry, and artillery into the field. This makes an event which the enemy had not foreseen, and by this means I have ...
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Excerpt from Foch, the Winner of the War It is a mistake to suppose that any one method of attack is better than another; one's action Should be determined by circumstances. It is only toward the end of the day, when I perceive that the enemy is tired and has drawn upon most of his resources, that I gather together all the troops which I have been able to keep in reserve, and throw a great mass of infantry, cavalry, and artillery into the field. This makes an event which the enemy had not foreseen, and by this means I have almost always been able to win the day.-(letter from Napoleon to Marshal Gouvion Saint Cyr, quoted by Foch in his lee tures at the Ecole de Guerre.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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