Blondel Stories

"A rainy autumn night in the city. Thunder rumbles but there is no lightning -- only blood. A dead man falls in my arms and I can't save him. They think I am guilty...

"The general that hearkens to my counsel and acts upon it, will conquer: let such a one be retained in command ! The general that hearkens not to my counsel nor act...

"The general, unable to control his irritation, will launch his men to the assault like swarming ants, with the result that one-third of his men are slain, while th...

"Amid the turmoil and tumult of battle, there may be seeming disorder and yet no real disorder at all; amid confusion and chaos, your array may be without head or t...

"If soldiers are punished before they have grown attached to you, they will not prove submissive; and, unless submissive, then will be practically useless. If, when...

"The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy. To secure ourselves agai...