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Show Tlit) Uuko of Wellhittcn. "The duke, being asked bow he had sue ceeded in beating Napoleon's marshals ono after another, said: 'I will tell you They planned their campaigns just :us you might make a splendid set of liar ness. It looks very well and answers very well until it gets broken, and then you are done for. Now, I made my campaign of ropes, if anything went wrong I lied a knot and went on.' " This, loo. is a very characteristic Btory: " hen asked what was the best test of a great general he replied: 'To know when to retreat and to dare to do it.' " 1 Here is another anecdote: "The duke used to say that he attributed attrib-uted his success in some measure to always al-ways being a quarter of an hour earlier . than he was expected, and that the wise course in action is to attack your enemy at tho moment he is preparing to attack vi " Sir William Fraser " |