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Friedrich von Waldersee
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“War is the life-element of an army.”
Friedrich von Waldersee (1795–1864) first seen 1861 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted by Friedrich Engels in Waldersee über die französische Armee, 1861
“Of great bodily and mental mobility—which, however, is often enough increased to a continuous restlessness—the French soldier is indefatigable and persevering in battle, as well as in hard work of all kinds.”
Friedrich von Waldersee (1795–1864) first seen 1861 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted by Friedrich Engels in Waldersee über die französische Armee, 1861
“The French soldier follows his officers eagerly and willingly into battle, but only so long as these officers are in front of him, and literally lead him on.”
Friedrich von Waldersee (1795–1864) first seen 1861 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted by Friedrich Engels in Waldersee über die französische Armee, 1861
“On the whole, the French officer is intelligent and eager for war; he knows what he is about, and—especially under fire—he knows how to act on his own responsibility, and how to excite the men by the example of his own bravery. Add to this—for the majority of them—a good deal of campaigning and fighting experience, and we must say that they are possessed of qualities which place them very high in their profession.”
Friedrich von Waldersee (1795–1864) first seen 1861 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted by Friedrich Engels in Waldersee über die französische Armee, 1861
“French generals must be regarded as comparatively young and bodily active, intelligent, energetic, experienced in war and well adapted for it, though but a few have, so far, shown themselves unusually clever and well acquainted with the handling of large bodies of troops, and though neither the Crimean nor the Italian war have developed any extraordinary military genius.”
Friedrich von Waldersee (1795–1864) first seen 1861 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted by Friedrich Engels in Waldersee über die französische Armee, 1861
“All these good military qualities which urge on the French soldier to advance impetuously, show their brilliant effects only so long as you allow him to advance. The sentiment individuel, which is at the root of all his qualifications for attack, has its great disadvantages too. The soldier, being principally busied with himself, goes along with the mass as long as it advances successfully; but if this mass be forcibly, and, perhaps, unexpectedly, made to retire, its cohesion, the connection of every individual with his comrade, is soon severed, and the more so as, in such a case, the careless tactical training of the troops renders all steadiness impossible, and leads to confusion and utter dissolution.”
Friedrich von Waldersee (1795–1864) first seen 1861 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted by Friedrich Engels in Waldersee über die französische Armee, 1861