Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig Quotes & Sayings

After lunch we went into the garden for coffee and I turned on the Surgeon-General with his graphics, percentages etc. of sick and wounded to entertain the Premier. — Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig

As a matter of fact we have to take special precautions during a battle to post police, to prevent more unwounded men than are necessary from accompanying a wounded man back from the firing line. — Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig

Machine guns are taken through grit and determination. — Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig

Every position must be held to the last man. There must be no retirement. With our backs to the wall, and believing in the justice of our cause, each one of us must fight to the end. — Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig