“All these outposts were broken in,and that which in other histories would have counted as three victories did not delay the progress… — William Bolitho Copy Share Image
“He had come to prospect the intentions of Charles towards the French and the Anglo-Austrian coalition, and even if Charles had thrown… — William Bolitho Copy Share Image
“In its greatest moments, memory seems to desert human beings ; only tiny ordinary events leave clear detailed trace. Probably none at… — William Bolitho Copy Share Image
“Gendemen, I have resolved never to make an unjust war, but to end a just one only with the utter ruin of… — William Bolitho Copy Share Image
“[Charles XII] seldom took a more active part in the council than to cross his legs upon the table.” — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“He fought with Augustus and Peter, not with Russia or Poland. He aimed at full apologies, not conquests.” — William Bolitho Copy Share Image
“If he had wished, he could have annexed Denmark; and ended a thousand years of war and history. But Charles had no… — William Bolitho Copy Share Image
“And so begins the strangest campaign in military history : a competent general and a seasoned army of eighty thousand men chased… — William Bolitho Copy Share Image
