The commander must establish personal and comradely contact with his men, but without giving away one inch of authority.

The German soldier has impressed the world, however the Italian Bersagliere soldier has impressed the German soldier.

To every man of us, Tobruk was a symbol of British resistance and we were now going to finish with it for good.

In the absence of orders, go find something and kill it.

The battle is going very heavily against us. We're being crushed by the enemy weight. We are facing very difficult days, perhaps the most difficult that a man can undergo

The peril of the hour moved the British to tremendous exertions, just as always in a moment of extreme danger things can be done which had previously been thought impossible. Mortal danger is an effective antidote for fixed ideas.

Winning the men's confidence requires much of a commander. He must exercise care and caution, look after his men, live under the same hardships, and-above all- apply self discipline. But once he has their confidence, his men will follow him through hell and high water.