 To say that an officer is never, for any object, to alter his orders, is what I cannot comprehend. The circumstances of this war so often vary, that an officer has almost every moment to consider, What would my superiors direct did they know what is passing...  The life of ... Horatio lord viscount Nelson - Seite 191von James Harrison (biographer of Nelson.) - 1806Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | F. W. Payn - 1901 - 202 Seiten
...officer is never for any object to alter his orders is what I cannot comprehend. The circumstances of this war so often vary that an officer has almost...direct, did they know what is passing under my nose ? ' But I find few think as I do. To obey orders is perfection. To serve my king and to destroy the... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1902 - 388 Seiten
...officer is never, for any object, to alter his orders, is what I cannot comprehend. The circumstances of this war so often vary, that an officer has almost...direct, did they know what is passing under my nose ? But, sir," said he, writing to the Duke of Clarence, " I find few think as I do. To obey orders is... | |
 | Frederick Albert Richardson - 1902 - 820 Seiten
...necessity to all military action. "I find few think as I do, but to obey orders is all perfection. What would my superiors direct, did they know what is passing under my nose ? To serve my King and to destroy the French I consider as the great order of all, from which little... | |
 | Alfred Thayer Mahan - 1918 - 416 Seiten
...necessity to all military action. " I find few think as I do, but to obey orders is all perfection. What would my superiors direct, did they know what is passing under my nose? To serve my King and to destroy the French I consider as the great order of all, from which little... | |
 | Alfred Thayer Mahan - 1918 - 418 Seiten
...necessity to all military action. " I find few think as I do, but to obey orders is all perfection. What would my superiors direct, did they know what is passing under my nose ? To serve my King and to destroy the French I consider as the great order of all, from which little... | |
 | 1944 - 224 Seiten
...officer is never, for any object, to alter his orders is what I cannot comprehend. The circumstances of this war so often vary, that an officer has almost...direct did they know what is passing under my nose? — Lord Nelson to Lord Spencer, 6 November 1799. The Reconditioning Program in Army Service Forces... | |
 | Nico Keijzer - 1978 - 352 Seiten
...preserve the superior value, viz. the higher interests of the service.76 In the words of Admiral Nelson: "What would my superiors direct, did they know what is passing under my nose? To serve my King and to destroy the French I consider as the great order of all, from which little... | |
 | Mark J. Osiel - 410 Seiten
...scope, but are consistent with their background purpose. Lord Nelson justified such behavior as follows: What would my superiors direct, did they know what is passing under my nose? To serve my King and to destroy the French I consider as the great order of all, from which little... | |
 | Michael A. Palmer - 2005 - 412 Seiten
...the key to success in battle. As he wrote to Lord Spencer in 1799 after the Nile: "The circumstances of this war so often vary, that an Officer has almost...superiors direct, did they know what is passing under my nose?"4" At the Nile Nelson earned for himself great glory, a peerage, the affections of Emma Hamilton,... | |
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