He never arrived at any position in time, led his regiment in column formation against machine-guns, and once many years ago at the Imperial manoeuvres in South Bohemia he and his regiment got completely lost and finally reached Moravia, where they wandered about with him for several days after the manoeuvres were over and the troops were back in the barracks.
Inoiz ez zen inora garaiz heltzen, errejimendua zutabetan eramaten zuen metrailadoreen aurka, eta behin, urte asko zirela, gertatu zen Hego Bohemiako maniobra inperialetan galdu egin zela bere errejimenduarekin. Moraviaraino iritsi ziren, eta bertan zenbait egunez noraezean ibili ere, maniobrak bukatu eta gainerako soldaduak kuarteleratuak zirenean.