Every position must be held to the last man: there must be no retirement. With our backs to the wall, and believing in the justice of our cause, each one of us must fight on to the end.


order to British troops, 12 April 1918; A. Duff Cooper Haig (1936) vol. 2, ch. 23

Douglas Haig Quotes

Every position must be held to the last man: there must be no retirement. With our backs to the wall, and believing in the justice of our cause, each ...

Every position must be held to the last man: there must be no retirement. With our backs to the wall, and believing in the justice of our cause, each ...

Every position must be held to the last man: there must be no retirement. With our backs to the wall, and believing in the justice of our cause, each ...

Every position must be held to the last man: there must be no retirement. With our backs to the wall, and believing in the justice of our cause, each ...