Joseph Joffre (1852–1931) French general who served as Commander-in-Chief of French forces on the Western Front from the start of Wor…
As quoted in The Campaign of the Marne (1935) by Sewell Tyng, p. 350.
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“Not at all. If I had lost the battle, they would have shot me.”
Wellington's retort when he was asked if he felt honored at being feted as a hero by the people of Brussels after returning victorious from Waterloo, according to Sir John Keegan's chapter on Wellington in his book The Mask of Command
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