"On the whole, the French officer is intelligent and eager for war; he knows what he is about, and—especially under fire—he knows how to act on his own responsibility, and how to excite the men by the example of his own bravery. Add to this—for the majority of them—a good deal of campaigning and fighting experience, and we must say that they are possessed of qualities which place them very high in their profession."
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Quoted by Friedrich Engels in Waldersee über die französische Armee, 1861
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Friedrich von Waldersee
Friedrich Gustav Graf von Waldersee (21 July 1795 – 15 January 1864) was a Prussian Lieutenant General and military author, and the uncle of Field Marshal Alfred von Waldersee. He served as Prussia's Minister of War from 1854 to 1858.
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