If I had to take hell, I would use the Australians to take it and the New Zealanders to hold it.

Good soldiers, bad officers; however don't forget that without them we would not have any Civilization.

The art of concentrating strength at one point, forcing a breakthrough, rolling up and securing the flanks on either side, and then penetrating like lightning deep into his rear, before the enemy has time to react.

One cannot permit unique opportunities to slip by for the sake of trifles.

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.

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

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.