Napoleon Bonaparte Battle Quotations

There are times when a battle decides everything, and there are times when the most insignificant thing can decide the outcome of a battle

If I had believed in a God of rewards and punishments, I might have lost courage in battle

Unhappy the general who comes on the field of battle with a system.

In war, the moral element and public opinion are half the battle.

When you have resolved to fight a battle, collect your whole force. Dispense with nothing. A single battalion sometimes decides the day.

Great battles are won with artillery.

I may lose a battle but I will never lose a minute.

Charges of cavalry are equally useful at the beginning, the middle and the end of a battle. They should be made always, if possible, on the flanks of the infantry, especially when the latter is engaged in front.

Cavalry is useful before, during, and after the battle.

The most terrible of all my battles was the one before Moscow. The French showed themselves to be worthy of victory, but the Russians showed themselves worthy of being invincible.

Good intelligence is nine-tenths of any battle.

The affairs of war, like the destiny of battles, as well as empires, hang upon a spiders thread.

Battles are lost or won in 15 minutes

A battle sometimes decides everything; and sometimes the most trifling thing decides the fate of a battle.

All generals, officers, and soldiers who capitulate in battle to save their own lives should be decimated.

I have fought sixty battles, and I have learnt nothing which I did not know at the beginning.

Between a battle lost and a battle won, the distance is immense and there stand empires.

The spectacle of a field of battle after the combat, is sufficient to inspire Princes with the love of peace, and the horror of war.

I make my battle plans from the spirit of my sleeping soldiers

Without cavalry, battles are without result.

In a battle, as in a siege, the art consists in concentrating very heavy fire on a particular point. The line of battle once established, the one who has the ability to concentrate an unlooked for mass of artillery suddenly and unexpectedly on one of these points is sure to carry the day.