“So long as the opposing forces are at the outset approximately equal in numbers and moral and there are no flanks to turn, a long struggle for supremacy is inevitable.” LongTurnsForceNumbersMoralStruggleEqualInevitableOpposingSupremacy Author:Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig
“Obviously, the greater the length of a war the higher is likely to be the number of casualties in it on either side.” WarSidesNumbersGreaterHigherLengthCasualties Author:Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig