In Tactics, Action Is The Governing Rule

The Fundamental Qualities For Good Execution Of A Plan Is First; Intelligence; Then Discernment And Judgment, Which Enable One To Recognize The Best Method As To Attain It; The Singleness Of Purpose; And, Lastly, . . . Stubborn Will.

This Is Not A Peace. It Is An Armistice For Twenty Years.

Every Manoeuvre Must Be The Development Of A Scheme; It Must Aim At A Goal.

This Absence Of Similarity Among Military Questions Naturally Brings Out The Inability Of Memory To Solve Them; Also The Sterility Of Invariable Forms, Such As Figures, Geometrical Drawings ( épures ), Plans ( Schémas ), Etc. One Only Right Solution Imposes Itself:;: Namely, The Application, Varying According To Circumstances, Of Fixed Principles.

To Inform, And, Therefore To Reconnoitre , This Is The First And Constant Duty Of The Advanced Guard.