If any civilised state is compelled to use force, it will, if really civilised, strive to sacrifice its wealth and its material as far as possible, rather than its human lives.
"As to incidents, you asked me for some recollections of those which had particularly impressed themselves upon me.

It is hard to choose.

The Third Battle of Ypres, to which I have referred, brought out many wonderful deeds of deliberate self-sacrifice.
Take the following: "In one case a section of three tanks were the only ones available to support an infantry attack.

The ground over which they had to proceed was in a terrible state, and their chances of success were small.

Their only chance of success, in fact, depended on their finding in the early dawn, and in the fog of battle, one single crossing over the marshy stream.