In Tactics, Action Is The Governing Rule

There Is But One Means To Extenuate The Effects Of Enemy Fire: It Is To Develop A More Violent Fire Oneself.

To Be Disciplined Does Not Mean Being Silent, Abstaining, Or Doing Only What One Thinks One May Undertake Without Risk; It Is Not The Art Of Eluding Responsibility; It Means Acting In Compliance With Orders Received, And Therefore Finding In One's Own Mind, By Effort And Reflection, The Possibility To Carry Out Such Orders. It Also Means Finding In One's Own Will The Energy To Face The Risks Involved In Execution.

A War Not Only Arises, But Derives Its Nature , From The Political Ideas, The Moral Sentiments, And The International Relations Obtaining At The Moment When It Breaks Out. This Amounts To Saying:;: Try And Know Why And With The Help Of What You Are Going To Act; Then You Will Find Out How To Act.

To Inform, And, Therefore To Reconnoitre , This Is The First And Constant Duty Of The Advanced Guard.

My Center Is Giving Way, My Right Is In Retreat; Situation Excellent. I Shall Attack.