Quote #19

Gentlemen, you have fought like lions and been led by donkeys.

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  2. Good soldiers, bad officers; but remember that without them we wouldn't have civilization.
  3. I didn't die nor win.
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  6. If I had to take hell, I would use the Australians to take it and the New Zealanders to hold it.
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  8. We have a very daring and skillful opponent against us, and, may I say across the havoc of war, a great General.

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