Napoleon's War Maxims

Plan of Campaign

by Napoleon

A plan of campaign ought to have foreseen what the enemy is able to do, and should contain the means of checkmating him. Such plans are liable to endless modification, according to the circumstances, the genius of the commander, the kind of troops, and the topography of the seat of war, and weather.


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