The ship required to be caulked in every part for she was become so leaky that we had been obliged to pump every hour in our passage from Cape Horn.
A good idea plus capable men cannot fail; it is better than money in the bank.
It never entered my father's mind nor my mind ever to do a job othe than at one's best ability.
Here I am in my first command - a bit dazed but feeling very grand.
The enemy now began to appear from the mast-head.
Once the mass of the defending infantry become possessed of low moral, the battle is as good as lost.
So long as the opposing forces are at the outset approximately equal in numbers and moral and there are no flanks to turn, a long struggle for supremacy is inevitable.
Further, a defensive policy involves the loss of the initiative, with all the consequent disadvantages to the defender.
The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office.
No matter what the cause was and wherever it was, Indian governments must never requisition the services of British soldiers to deal with civil disturbances.