[Ads-l] Adage: An army marches on its stomach (An army goes upon its belly)

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

The saying in the subject lie was discussed on this list in 2012 and
2016. Now the Quote Investigator website has an entry.

https://quoteinvestigator.com/2017/10/15/army/

[Begin acknowledgement]
Great thanks to Fred Shapiro whose inquiry led QI to formulate this
question and perform this exploration. Special thanks to Charles Doyle
who located the important 1858 citation and to Shapiro who gathered
evidence that the phrase “little Friend at Berlin” referred to
Frederick the Great. Many thanks to discussants Barbara Schmidt,
Marisha Sullivan, John Cowan, Dan Goncharoff, Laurence Horn, T. F.
Mills, and Stephen Goranson. Goranson located the 1860 book by James
Parton based on the text in the 1861 citation.
[End acknowledgement]

Feedback welcome
Garson

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