So long as the opposing forces are at the outset approximately equal in numbers and moral and there are no flanks to turn, a long struggle for supremacy is inevitable.
Douglas Haig, 1st Earl HaigFurther, a defensive policy involves the loss of the initiative, with all the consequent disadvantages to the defender.
Douglas Haig, 1st Earl HaigObviously, the greater the length of a war the higher is likely to be the number of casualties in it on either side.
Douglas Haig, 1st Earl HaigAfter lunch we went into the garden for coffee and I turned on the Surgeon-General with his graphics, percentages etc. of sick and wounded to entertain the Premier.
Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig