Date: 1854
He chooses those modes of fighting in Avhich the Turks are superior to the Russians.  The Turkish soldier is a good tirailleur, which the Russian never learns, for he is nothing but a machine .  The Turkish soldier defends walls ancl entrenchments with a love of the sport, in Avhich he is only probably surpassed by the Spaniards, while the Russian is perfectly helpless in an attack on strong places.