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

I would rather he had given me one more division

One must not judge everyone in the world by his qualities as a soldier: otherwise we should have no civilization.

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.

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

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.

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