I would rather he had given me one more division

I didn't die nor win.

It is often possible to decide the issue of a battle merely by making an unexpected shift of one's main weight.

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

In view of my services in Africa, I have the chance of dying by poison. Two generals have brought it with them. It is fatal in three seconds. If I take the poison, none of the usual steps will be taken against my family; that is, against you. They will also leave my staff alone.

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

There are always times where the place of a commander isn't back with his Major State, but onward with his troops.