Quote by: Douglas Haig

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.


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Author Bio


  • NameDouglas Haig
  • DescriptionBritish senior officer during the First World War
  • AliasesButcher of the Somme
  • BornJune 19, 1861
  • DiedJanuary 29, 1928
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPolitician; Officer
  • AwardsKnight Grand Cross Of The Order Of The Bath; Knight Grand Cross Of The Royal Victorian Order