If forced to fight in a salt-marsh, you should have water and grass near you, and get your back to a clump of trees. So much for operations in salt-marshes.

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Appear at points which the enemy must hasten to defend; march swiftly to places where you are not expected.

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The further you penetrate into a country, the greater will be the solidarity of your troops, and thus the defenders will not prevail against you.

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The Art of War - or, in Trumps case, the wet fart of war....

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The clever combatant looks to the effect of combined energy, and does not require too much from individuals. Hence his ability to pick out the right men and utilize combined energy.

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When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce.

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AGREE or DISAGREE with Robin on this one?

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In war, let your great object be victory, not lengthy campaigns.

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Though an obstinate fight may be made by a small force, in the end it must be captured by the larger force.

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What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease.

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When a general, unable to estimate the enemy’s strength, allows an inferior force to engage a larger one, or hurls a weak detachment against a powerful one, and neglects to place picked soldiers in the front rank, the result must be rout.

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In order to carry out an attack, we must have means available. The material for raising fire should always be kept in readiness.

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In raiding and plundering be like fire, is immovability like a mountain.

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Do not pursue an enemy who simulates flight; do not attack soldiers whose temper is keen.

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To be near the goal while the enemy is still far from it, to wait at ease while the enemy is toiling and struggling, to be well-fed while the enemy is famished - this is the art of husbanding one’s strength.

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If we wish to fight, the enemy can be forced to an engagement even though he be sheltered behind a high rampart and a deep ditch. All we need do is attack some other place that he will be obliged to relieve.

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If the enemy sees an advantage to be gained and makes no effort to secure it, the soldiers are exhausted.

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Soldiers must be treated in the first instance with humanity, but kept under control by means of iron discipline. This is a certain road to victory.

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The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy.

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The enlightened ruler is heedful and the good general full of caution. This is the way to keep a country at peace and an army intact.

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