Saturday 18 October 2014

Tactics as interpreted by Brigadier Ritche-Hook consisted of the art of biffing

Tactics as interpreted by Brigadier Ritche-Hook consisted of the art of biffing. Defence was studied cursorily and only as the period of reorganization between two bloody assaults. The Withdrawal was never mentioned. The Attack and the Element of Surprise were all.  

E. Waugh, Men at Arms (1952), in collected edition, Sword of Honour (1984), 110-1

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