Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning.

A risk is a chance you take; if it fails you can recover. A gamble is a chance taken; if it fails, recovery is impossible.

But courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility.

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.

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

The battle is going very heavily against us. We're being crushed by the enemy weight. We are facing very difficult days, perhaps the most difficult that a man can undergo

The German soldier has impressed the world, however the Italian Bersagliere soldier has impressed the German soldier.