Jim Butcher Quotes
Give it to 'em!" Take 'em down!" First Aleran!" Kick their furry--" Assault formation!
Butcher, Jim. Cursor's Fury. Ace Books, 2006.
The Americans were at the bottom of the hill and the Spanish were dug in at the top. They were able to pick the Americans off one by one. Roosevelt was planning on a frontal charge of his Rough Riders and Buffalo Soldiers he was commanding but his fellow officer’s men were in front of them. The officers had no orders to charge the top of the hill and the other officer would not order his men to charge. Led by Roosevelt, his men went through the other troops and charged the hill taking it in the famous Charge Up San Juan Hill (actually Kettle Hill).
Mad Anthony Wayne. The quotation may be apocryphal, as solid, multiple confirmation has never been found.
The general had reported to the Czar that he had peacefully dissipated a protesting mob without firing a shot. The Czar felt that the absence of shooting and killing protesters would simply encourage more protests. See {613675}.
Cunningham was part of an American Diplomatic Delegation negotiating with the Vietnamese. He had been an Naval Ace Fighter Pilot during the Vietnam War. He was notorious for his lack of tact.
An irony is that Timosheko used German Prussian traditional military strategy to successfully defend against the German invasion of Russia.
His aggressive tactics which had served him so well in the West got his army into trouble at the Second Battle of Bull Run, where he was out maneuvered by Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee. He was sent back to the West.
Ruling group of France during the French Revolution. The purchase and transportation of an army in the field was a very expensive element of war and was very difficult as well. The Directory urged its generals to live off the land and get their food from the enemy country they were invading. Rarely did they pay for it but typically just took it from the civilians. Napoleon who served under the directory took this principle one step further. He also stole the invaded country’s art—paintings and statues mostly. These he sent back to Paris where they were sold to rich people. This way he could pay the salaries of the troops and buy more weapons and ammunition. Napoleon could conquer so much territory because France did not have to pay for the military effort as other countries did. This is one of the major reasons for example that the Louvre Museum in Paris has so many great Italian and Spanish paintings.
Jim Butcher is an American author. He has written the contemporary fantasy The Dresden Files, Codex Alera and Cinder Spires book series.
