'Stop that!' he shouted. 'You're soldiers! You're not supposed to fight!'

'Whose side are they on?' said Brocando. 'Sides? Their own, I suppose, just like everyone else.'

Most armies are in fact run by their sergeants - the officers are there just to give things a bit of tone and prevent warfare becoming a mere lower-class brawl.

'I can't have your subjects throwing my family over the balcony, that would never do.' 'Good,' said Snibril. 'I'll do it myself.'

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I am making this statement as an act of wilful defiance of military authority, because I believe that the War is being deliberately prolonged by those who have…

I never disobeyed an order and never used my discretion.