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Altogether, Cavalry operations are exceedingly difficult, knowledge of the country is absolutely necessary, and ability to comprehend the situation at a glance, and an audacious spirit, are everything.

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Hope encourages men to endure and attempt everything; in depriving them of it, or in making it too distant, you deprive them of their very soul.

Maurice de Saxe

Maurice de Saxe

Maurice de Saxe

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Born: October 28, 1696

Died: November 20, 1750 (aged 54)

Bio: Maurice, Count of Saxony was a Franco-Saxon soldier in French service who became a Marshal and later also Marshal General of France. He is best known for his decisive victory at the Battle of Fontenoy.

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