David Lloyd George quotes - page 11

Generals were in every essential particular inadequately prepared for the contingencies which confronted them in this War. Had they been men of genius-which they were not-they could have adapted themselves more quickly and effectively to the new conditions of war. They were not equipped with that superiority in brains or experience over an amateur steeped in the incidents and needs of the War which would justify the attitude they struck and the note of assured pastmastership they adopted towards all criticism or suggestion from outside or below. (David Lloyd George)