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1795–1864 Germany
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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The French soldier follows his officers eagerly and willingly into battle, but only so long as these officers are in front of him, and literally lead him on.
War is the life-element of an army.
Of great bodily and mental mobility—which, however, is often enough increased to a continuous restlessness—the French soldier is indefatigable and persevering in battle, as well as in hard work of all kinds.
French generals must be regarded as comparatively young and bodily active, intelligent, energetic, experienced in war and well adapted for it, though but a few have, so far, shown themselves unusually clever and well acquainted with the handling of large bodies of troops, and though neither the Crimean nor the Italian war have developed any extraordinary military genius.
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