It has been said by a certain general, that the first object in the establishment of an army ought to be making provision for the belly, that being the basis and foundation of all operations.


Military Instructions (1747), Article II: Of the Subsistence of Troops, and of Provisions

Frederick the Great Quotes

It has been said by a certain general, that the first object in the establishment of an army ought to be making provision for the belly, that being...

It has been said by a certain general, that the first object in the establishment of an army ought to be making provision for the belly, that being...

It has been said by a certain general, that the first object in the establishment of an army ought to be making provision for the belly, that being...

It has been said by a certain general, that the first object in the establishment of an army ought to be making provision for the belly, that being...