Just to show you how little reliance can be placed even on what are supposed the best accounts of a battle, I mention that there are some circumstances mentioned in General -'s account which did not occur as he relates them. It is impossible to say when each important occurrence took place, or in what order.

As Lord Chesterfield said of the generals of his day, 'I only hope that when the enemy reads the list of their names, he trembles as I do.

An extraordinary affair. I gave them their orders and they wanted to stay and discuss them.

We always have been, we are, and I hope that we always shall be detested in France.

The British soldiers are fellows who have all enlisted for drink. That is the plain fact - they have all enlisted for drink.

The whole art of war consists in getting at what is on the other side of the hill.

If you had seen one day of war, you would pray to God that you would never see another.