MAURICE GUSTAVE GAMELIN

The idea of organizing any kind of defense aroused an almost innate repugnance. Digging into the earth was believed to be a dishonorable gesture for loyal fighters who in their heart of hearts wanted to offer themselves up to danger with their chests exposed. It was an instinctive thing, which seems to have passed down to our age of machines and merciless economic warfare from the reckless chivalry of Agincourt of the elaborate graces of Fontenoy.

The idea of organizing any kind of defense aroused an almost innate repugnance. Digging into the earth was believed to be a dishonorable gesture for loyal fighters who in their heart of hearts wanted to offer themselves up to danger with their chests exposed. It was an instinctive thing, which seems to have passed down to our age of machines and merciless economic warfare from the reckless chivalry of Agincourt of the elaborate graces of Fontenoy.