How to Get Ready for a Plunged Battle

He says troops should never be engaged in a general action immediately after a long march when the men are fatigued and the horses tired. The strength required for action is spent in the toil of the march. A general however may encourage and animate his troops by proper exhortations and Hoorangs especially if by his account of the approaching action he can persuade them into the belief of an easy victory. With this view he should lay before them the cowardice or unskillfulness of their enemies and remind them of any former advantages they may have gained over them. He then goes on to say that it would be wrong to hazard into an engagement if the old experienced soldiers testify a disc a discl