Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c27.s21.6

v2.c27.s21.6

∗ Marshal Saxe wrote, ‘Troops that have fired are undone, if those opposed to them have reserved their fire.’ So far as fire effect is concerned, troops advancing must be at a disadvantage compared with troops standing still. The compensation lies in the moral effect of attack, the threat of hand-to-hand combat. [Lloyd, 155.]