No firing till you see the whites of their eyes.
Frederick the Great · The source reads: “By push of bayonets, no firing till you see the whites of their eyes.” · At Prague, May 1757
Frederick the Great: King of Prussia, soldier and patron of Voltaire, 1712 to 1786.
Frederick the Great · The source reads: “By push of bayonets, no firing till you see the whites of their eyes.” · At Prague, May 1757
Frederick the Great · Last words, April 1786
Frederick the Great · When the Guards hesitated at Kolin, Letter to the Duchess Luise Dorothea von Gotha [May 8, 1760]
Frederick the Great · Political Testament (1752)
Frederick the Great · The source reads: “Ihr Racker, wollt ihr ewig leben? Rascals, would you live for ever?”
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