3 Quotes & Sayings By Philip Gibbs

Philip Gibbs wrote more than 100 books, including the biographies of Queen Victoria, Sir Winston Churchill and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. He was a member of the Garrick Club and the Athenaeum Club. He died in 1961.

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It was announced as a French victory by the French Minister of War. I did not see any sign of victory but only the retreat of the French forces engaged in the battle. Philip Gibbs
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In front of us was not a line but a fortress position, twenty miles deep, entrenched and fortified, defended by masses of machine-gun posts and thousands of guns in a wide arc. No chance for cavalry! Philip Gibbs