Siege Warfare/Preparation Quotes??

[alexjohnson16]

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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Thanks in advance, I appreciate it. :lol:

 

[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:

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.

 

[Redleg]

I have found a quote on siege warfare said by Napoleon:

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....