My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack.
Source: Battle of the Marne, 8 Sep 1914; in Reputations, Ferdinand Foch, by B. H. L. Hart, 1928.
-- Ferdinand Foch, (Oct 2 1851-1929), French field marshal; He was supreme commander of Allied forces, 1918; directed final victorious offensive, WW I.