“The first obstacle is the enemy gun. It will be the first objective assigned to artillery masses.”

— Ferdinand Foch

Source: Precepts and Judgments (1919), p. 108
Context: Against what should fire be opened? Against the obstacles which may delay the march of infantry.
The first obstacle is the enemy gun. It will be the first objective assigned to artillery masses.

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French soldier and military theorist 1851–1929

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