On June 15, 1900, Major General Stessell sent a dispatch to Vice Admiral Alexeyev reporting the successful storming of the Eastern Arsenal at Tianjin during the suppression of the Boxer Rebellion in China. It contained a sentence that military historians have cited as a curiosity ever since — but which in fact describes an entire doctrine: "Only because I had no plan in my hands (Colonel Vogak said he had none either) did I decide to attack; had I had a plan, I probably would not have gone."
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