Strategy and TacticsD. Van Nostrand, 1864 - 400 páginas |
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... carrying out a plan of campaign , even if it has been marked out for him by higher authority ; but it is still better , after selecting a competent man , to let him make his own plan and attend also to its execution , as he , be- ing ...
... carrying out a plan of campaign , even if it has been marked out for him by higher authority ; but it is still better , after selecting a competent man , to let him make his own plan and attend also to its execution , as he , be- ing ...
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... carried with the army , if they cannot be obtained along the way . The capital , large cities abounding in resources ... carry the war into the territory of the invader or of his allies , is a sure means of throwing part of the burden ...
... carried with the army , if they cannot be obtained along the way . The capital , large cities abounding in resources ... carry the war into the territory of the invader or of his allies , is a sure means of throwing part of the burden ...
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... carried but what is indispensably necessary ; the sol- diers may be required to take a few rations of bread , and are followed by droves of animals to furnish meat . The troops , being thus unencumbered , can undertake and execute the ...
... carried but what is indispensably necessary ; the sol- diers may be required to take a few rations of bread , and are followed by droves of animals to furnish meat . The troops , being thus unencumbered , can undertake and execute the ...
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... carried out on a frontier of considerable extent . If such a frontier is guarded with difficulty , on account of its length , it presents the advantage which has just been indicated , and this is not the only one , if the general knows ...
... carried out on a frontier of considerable extent . If such a frontier is guarded with difficulty , on account of its length , it presents the advantage which has just been indicated , and this is not the only one , if the general knows ...
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... carried by force , and it can only be done by at- tracting the enemy's attention in another direction ; it then becomes necessary to detach a body of troops , more or less numerous , according to circumstances , who may make a circuit ...
... carried by force , and it can only be done by at- tracting the enemy's attention in another direction ; it then becomes necessary to detach a body of troops , more or less numerous , according to circumstances , who may make a circuit ...
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abatis advanced guard advantage arms army arrangements artillery assailants attack attempt avoid battalions batteries besieging body of troops bridge brigade caissons camp cavalry centre charge Cloth column commander companies convoy cover cross danger Danube debouch defeat defenders defile deployed detachment direction distance division duty echelon effect enemy enemy's enfilading engagement enveloped fall back favorable field of battle fight fire flank flankers force front gained give Günzburg halt high ground horses infantry Ingolstadt intervals line of battle line of operations line of retreat main body manœuvre manoeuvres ment move movement necessary non-commissioned officers obliged oblique oblique order obstacles occupied offensive officers Olmutz order of battle parallel party pass passage posi possible posts precautions ranks rapidly re-enforcements rear rear-guard remain reserve retire river roads scouts second line sentinels sharpshooters skirmishers soldiers squadrons success taken thing tion usually valley victory village wagons wing wood