Antoine-Henri Jomini: "Tentu sangat penting bagi seorang jenderal untu...

"Tentu sangat penting bagi seorang jenderal untuk merahasiakan rencananya; dan Frederick the Great benar ketika dia mengatakan bahwa jika topi malamnya tahu apa yang ada di kepalanya, dia akan melemparkannya ke dalam api. Kerahasiaan semacam itu bisa dipraktikkan pada zaman Frederick ketika seluruh pasukannya tetap akrab dengannya; tetapi ketika manuver-manuver luasnya Napoleon dieksekusi, dan perang dilancarkan seperti di zaman kita, konser aksi apa yang bisa diharapkan dari para jenderal yang sama sekali tidak tahu apa yang terjadi di sekitar mereka?"

--- Antoine-Henri Jomini

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Versi Bahasa Inggris

It is certainly of great importance for a general to keep his plans secret; and Frederick the Great was right when he said that if his night-cap knew what was in his head he would throw it into the fire. That kind of secrecy was practicable in Frederick's time when his whole army was kept closely about him; but when maneuvers of the vastness of Napoleon's are executed, and war is waged as in our day, what concert of action can be expected from generals who are utterly ignorant of what is going on around them?