Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Retreat From Mons
That it is the unexpected which generally happens in war, and that it is the unexpected for which we must be ever ready, has of late years been deeply instilled in the mind of the British officer. A cardinal axiom in his military creed is that he must never be taken by surprise.
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