All information obtained from prisoners should be received with
caution, and estimated at its real value. A soldier seldom sees
anything beyond his company; and an officer can afford intelligence of
little more than the position and movements of the division to which
his regiment belongs. On this account, the general of an army should
never depend upon the information derived from prisoners, unless it
agrees with the reports received from the advanced guards, in reference
to the position, etc., of the enemy.