The battle is fought and decided by the quartermasters, long before the shooting begins.

I would rather he had given me one more division

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.

For me, soldiers are all equal. Those black people wore your same uniform, fought on your side, and so you will be in the same jail.

I didn't die nor win.

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.

There is one unalterable difference between a soldier and a civilian: the civilian never does more than he is paid to do.