Siege Warfare/Preparation Quotes??




 
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April 21st, 2003  
alexjohnson16
 

Topic: Siege Warfare/Preparation Quotes??


Hello, all...

I am doing a 7 page paper on Siege Warfare and would love to start it out with a quote regarding either Siege Warfare itsself, or a quote that is stressing the importance of preparation and its key to success...

If you can give me an quote, author, anything, please reply...

Also, if you'd like to just directly contact me, my contacts are:

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Or if you'd like PM me on the board.

Thanks in advance, I appreciate it.
April 22nd, 2003  
GuyontheRight
 
Well I dont know a whole lot about Medival and Siege warfare, but off the top of my head this quote strikes me when dealing with the subject:

Quote:
Fixed fortifications are monuments to the stupidity of man.
-General George Patton

I'll do some research though, see if I can come up with somthing better.
April 30th, 2003  
Redleg
 
 
I have found a quote on siege warfare said by Napoleon:

Quote:
In Siege Warfare, as in the open field, it is the gun which plays the chief part; it has effected a complete revolution... It is with Artillery that war is made
Napoleon, 1809, after the battle of Loebau.


Being a Redleg myself, hearing quotes like this warms my heart....
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