Strategy and TacticsD. Van Nostrand, 1864 - 400 páginas |
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... causes . which often render the application of these rules so difficult . The only case in which , even with forces nearly equal , and when powerful motives urge to such a course , it is proper to take a double line in presence of a ...
... causes . which often render the application of these rules so difficult . The only case in which , even with forces nearly equal , and when powerful motives urge to such a course , it is proper to take a double line in presence of a ...
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... cause of im- portant successes . The primitive line would then be , to some extent , a pretended one , and the secondary line , the real one ; it should not , therefore , be called accidental : it would be simply a new line of opera ...
... cause of im- portant successes . The primitive line would then be , to some extent , a pretended one , and the secondary line , the real one ; it should not , therefore , be called accidental : it would be simply a new line of opera ...
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... caused the sev- eral corps to set out at hours which enabled them to arrive simultaneously at Charleroi . The place was readily taken . They passed the Sambre , and on the same day , June 15th , camped in the enemy's coun- try . This is ...
... caused the sev- eral corps to set out at hours which enabled them to arrive simultaneously at Charleroi . The place was readily taken . They passed the Sambre , and on the same day , June 15th , camped in the enemy's coun- try . This is ...
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... these only become exhausted in the theatre of war , which is upon your adversary's soil . " An army fighting upon its own territory causes , necessarily , much injury to the people , but there 36 PRINCIPLES OF STRATEGY .
... these only become exhausted in the theatre of war , which is upon your adversary's soil . " An army fighting upon its own territory causes , necessarily , much injury to the people , but there 36 PRINCIPLES OF STRATEGY .
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... cause Mack to think he was going to meet him by the way of the valley of the Danube . When Mack perceived his error ... causes of the successes of Napoleon , much more than those com- bats , brilliant as they were . The Austrians were ...
... cause Mack to think he was going to meet him by the way of the valley of the Danube . When Mack perceived his error ... causes of the successes of Napoleon , much more than those com- bats , brilliant as they were . The Austrians were ...
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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