Top 7 Ardant Du Picq Quotes
#1. The man is the first weapon of battle. Let us study the soldier, for it is he who brings reality to it.
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#2. A force engaged is out of the hand of its commander.
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#4. If one does not wish bonds broken, one should make them elastic and thereby strengthen them.
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#5. Frederick liked to say that three men behind the enemy were worth fifty in front of him.
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#6. The instruments of battle are valuable only if one knows how to use them.
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#7. He, general or mere captain, who employs every one in the storming of a position can be sure of seeing it retaken by an organized counterattack of four men and a corporal.
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