 | Sir John Frederick Maurice - 1891 - 192 стор.
...denounced as " contrary to every maxim of war." On the other hand, Sir Edward Hamley, who has done mote than any other Englishman to make known to English...period within which it is worth while to devote very studycareful study to the wars of the past. On the one hand, the greater number of officers will never... | |
 | Robert Morton Hughes - 1893 - 392 стор.
...Fortress Mon* Colonel JF Maurice, in an able article on War, in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, says : " It is an unanswerable assertion, that only by study...soldier ever prepared himself for commanding armies." roe. This period, extending from 1829 to 1832, was uneventful, being mainly utilized by him in acquiring... | |
 | J. Gordon Mowat, John Alexander Cooper, Newton MacTavish - 1898 - 584 стор.
...the views of all great masters of the art of war : " It is an unanswerable assertion that only by the study of the past experience of war has any great...soldier ever prepared himself for commanding armies." Now, a good scholar who was an officer might learn something from even such remote accomplishments... | |
 | Ronald Acott Hall - 1918 - 162 стор.
...appear that of the two he is the least in error, for " it is an unanswerable assertion that only by the study of the past experience of war has any great...soldier ever prepared himself for commanding armies ; not only was Napoleon the greatest captain of his age, but he was by far the most careful and penetrating... | |
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It is an unanswerable assertion that only by study of the past experience of war has any great soldier ever prepared himself for commanding armies. 