Good infantry is without doubt the sinews of an army; but if it has to fight a long time against very superior artillery, it will become demoralized and will be destroyed.
Let's presume that a country or army has this weapon ; this kind of armaments cannot be used by infantry for example or by anyone. This kind of armament should be used by specialized units, so it cannot be in the hand of anyone.
Artillery conquers and infantry occupies.
As a result of the cold, the machine-guns were no longer able to fire. . . the result of all this was a panic. . . The battle worthiness of our infantry is at an end
War is a crime. Ask the Infantry and ask the dead.
I am in the infantry for 17 weeks and after that I don't know where I am going.
If we come to a minefield, our infantry attacks exactly as it were not there.
The harder the fighting and the longer the war, the more the infantry, and in fact all the arms, lean on the gunners.
All front-line combat jobs in the infantry, special operations units and elsewhere are now open to women.
My father - I once asked him what was his greatest achievement. He said his greatest achievement was that he fought in five wars in the infantry, always on the front line, and never hurt anybody.
Flattery is the infantry of negotiation.
Nathan Bedford Forrest. . . used his horsemen as a modern general would use motorized infantry. He liked horses because he liked fast movement, and his mounted men could get from here to there much faster than any infantry could; but when they reached the field they usually tied their horses to trees and fought on foot, and they were as good as the very best infantry. Not for nothing did Forrest say the essence of strategy was to git thar fust with the most men.
Charges of cavalry are equally useful at the beginning, the middle and the end of a battle. They should be made always, if possible, on the flanks of the infantry, especially when the latter is engaged in front.
I was out in the combat engineers. We would throw up bridges in advance of the infantry but mainly we would just throw up.
I'm convinced that the infantry is the group in the army which gives more and gets less than anybody else.
I've been in love (truly) with five women, the Spanish Republic and the 4th Infantry Division.
The surest way to become a pacifist is to join the infantry.
You've got soldiers in the 3rd Infantry Division who are going every day on operations and they don't all have what is considered to be the gold standard in armor
Once the mass of the defending infantry become possessed of low moral, the battle is as good as lost.
Infantry, Artillery, Aviation--all that we have--are yours to dispose of as you will. . . . I have come to say to you that the American people would be proud to be engaged in the greatest battle in history.
