Pierre Bosquet Quotes

Pierre François Joseph Bosquet was a French Army general. He served during the conquest of Algeria and the Crimean War; returning from Crimea he was made Marshal of France and senator. Wikipedia  

✵ 8. November 1810 – 5. February 1861
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Pierre Bosquet Quotes

“It is magnificent, but it is not war; it is madness.”

Pierre Bosquet

C’est magnifique, mais ce n’est pas la guerre: c'est de la folie.
Of the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava. Quoted in "Dictionary of Military and Naval Quotations" - Page 346 - by Robert Debs Heinl - 1966

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