“Keep your mouth shut” was the blunt order given to Canadian soldiers taking part in French Marshal Ferdinand Foch’s big push towards Amiens in 1918, during the Hundred Days Offensive. The point was to say nothing that might give away your intentions.
C.P. Champion
Author
C.P. Champion, Ph.D., is the author of two books, was a fellow of the Centre for International and Defence Policy at Queen's University in 2021, and edits The Dorchester Review magazine, which he founded in 2011.
