Silent until you see the whites of their eyes.
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Attributed to a Prince Charles against the Austrian army at Jägendorf (22 May 1745) in A Popular History of the United States (1879) by William Cullen Bryant and Sydney Howard Gay, Vol. III, p. 403William Prescott
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Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes.
William Prescott
Men, you are all marksmen — don't one of you fire until you see the whites of their eyes.
William Prescott
By push of bayonets — no firing till you see the whites of their eyes!
William Prescott
In Cuba, there is no fear of a racial war. Men are more than whites, mulattos or Negroes. Cubans are more than whites, mulattos or Negroes. On the field of battle, dying for Cuba, the souls of whites and Negroes have risen together into the air.
Jose Marti
Powder is scarce and must not be wasted. Do not fire until you see the whites of their eyes. Then aim low. Aim at their waistbands, aim at the handsome coats; pick off the officers.
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