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[In Frederick the Great's Instructions to his Generals we read:

"A defensive war is apt to betray us into too frequent

detachment. Those generals who have had but little experience

attempt to protect every point, while those who are better

acquainted with their profession, having only the capital object

in view, guard against a decisive blow, and acquiesce in small

misfortunes to avoid greater."]

18. Numerical weakness comes from having to prepare against

possible attacks; numerical strength, from compelling our

adversary to make these preparations against us.

[The highest generalship, in Col. Henderson's words, is "to

compel the enemy to disperse his army, and then to concentrate

superior force against each fraction in turn."]

19. Knowing the place and the time of the coming battle, we may

concentrate from the greatest distances in order to fight.