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results, but should, as soon as pos
sible, engage in pitched battle.

The corps should not all attack
simultaneously at the outset of a bat
tie. If they did, confusion and dis
order would inevitably occur and de-
feat would be the result.
The troops must be we'll instruct
ed in all the details of their work;
they must be commanded with firm
ness and rewarded with glory. Make
gallant deeds count, glorify them.
This is the easiest way to latter men,
encourages them and spurs them on
to great deeds.
Do not wait orders from your
princes when you are placed in a
situation that requires prompt de-
cision. In cases where you must act
contrary to an order do not hesitate.
but act, and act without fear. The
first and foremost desire of him who
placed you at the head of his troops
is that you may defeat the enemy.
Had he foreseen the situation which
confronts you he himself would have
prescribed the action that you pro-
pose to take.
A good general should never say
that he will do certain thing come
what may, for his course of action
should be determined solely by the
situation.
The renowned generals of the past
believed that in order to gain vic
tory the troops would have to de-
mand to fight, and they were equal
ly certain that these same troops
would suffer defeat if they insist
emily demanded victory.
If your army is approximately
equal in numbers to that of the enc
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the terrain should be on your side.
Employ, all your mental resources,
all your physical efforts, all your dill
igence in obtaining them.
Before you enter upon the decisive
battle you should have foreseen it
and have prepared for it long in ad-
vance. Do not let accidents decide
your action in this case. -.
If general is all that he should
be he will be able to distinguish what
is great from what is small, what is
strong from what is weak what is
insufficient from what is superfuous,
what is difficult from what is easy,
what is obscure from what is obvious;
he will always know how to dispose
the three brigades, five divisions, or
two corps without confusion as the
situation, the time and the terrain
may require. =
The leader of an army must pos
sess the ability of making such dis
positions of his own army as to die
tate the enemy's conduct, movements
and disposition.
The great art of generalship con-
sists in keeping the enemy constant
ly in the dark, sotthat he will never
know where he may have to give
battle.
It may be said in general that an
army that is strong in numbers is a
strong army, but it may be said with
equal propriety that an army that is
too strong numerically is difficult to
subsist, to dispose, to lead, to move
and to keep intact, and that the
strength of an army depends less up
on numbers than upon efficiency.
In campaign one must take care
that both animals and men are we'll
fed.
The commander-in-chief should
keep a part of his cavalry under his
own orders to support those who
need prompt help in order that they
may not be defeated.
When the proper moment arrives
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should fill the air with the noise OF
it's instruments, with its cries and
the neighing of horses. The general
should attentively watch the first al
tack. From the conduct of his own
troops and from that of the enemy
he should draw conclusions as toI
whether any of his dispositions ought
to be changed.
,"' Not only those who command, but
also those who obey, should devote
their principal attention to the man
ner of assembling, forming ranks,
advancing, retiring, attacking, de-
Tending, in order that the command
er may never issue inappropriate or
ders that are not in accordance with
the time, the place and the situa-
ton. and that subordinates may
quickly and intelligently carry out
anything that may have been order
ed.
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