User blog comment:The.Outsider/Inside Assassin's Creed 3 - All Parts/@comment-5422359-20120913155502/@comment-4829046-20120913163937

Ahem "Prescott is known for his order to his soldiers, "Do not fire until you see the whites of their eyes", such that the rebel troops may shoot at the enemy at shorter ranges, and therefore more accurately and lethally, and so conserve their limited stocks of ammunition. It is debated whether Prescott or someone earlier coined this memorable saying."