Small Wars Quotes

“it may be added that the press is apt to favour the enemy, for the war correspondents are generally all on the side of the regular army, and may, even with the best intentions not to prejudice the course of operations and in spite of censorships, give information to the foe. To”
― Charles Edward Callwell, Small Wars: Their Principles and Practice

“This is that in small wars the habits, the customs, and the mode of action on the battlefield of the enemy should be studied in advance.”
― Charles Edward Callwell, Small Wars: Their Principles and Practice

“As a general rule the quelling of rebellion in distant colonies means protracted, thankless, invertebrate war. Campaigns”
― Charles Edward Callwell, Small Wars: Their Principles and Practice

“broadly, they may be divided into three classes – campaigns of conquest or annexation, campaigns for the suppression of insurrections or lawlessness or for the settlement of conquered or annexed territory, and campaigns undertaken to wipe out an insult, to avenge a wrong, or to overthrow a dangerous enemy.”
― Charles Edward Callwell, Small Wars: Their Principles and Practice

“Whenever a regular army finds itself engaged upon hostilities against irregular forces, or forces which in their armament, their organization, and their discipline are palpably inferior to it, the conditions of the campaign become distinct from the conditions of modern regular warfare.”
― Charles Edward Callwell, Small Wars: Their Principles and Practice