I would rather he had given me one more division

Sweat saves blood, blood saves lives, but brains saves both.

Messages can't be intercepted if they aren't sent, can they?

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

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.

It's better for one to die than for all of us to be killed in a shooting affray. Anyway, we've practically no ammunition.

Training errors are recorded on paper. Tactical errors are etched in stone.