Strategy and TacticsD. Van Nostrand, 1864 - 400 páginas |
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... danger of being cut off from it . If , for example , a single city forms the base , and an enemy gets possession of the principal road leading to it , the army may be greatly embar- rassed , as it will be cut off from all supplies and ...
... danger of being cut off from it . If , for example , a single city forms the base , and an enemy gets possession of the principal road leading to it , the army may be greatly embar- rassed , as it will be cut off from all supplies and ...
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... danger of being enveloped on a battle - field , the case changes when the distances increase , and the enveloping corps are too far separated to be able to combine their attacks . Then the central position is the best , provided there.
... danger of being enveloped on a battle - field , the case changes when the distances increase , and the enveloping corps are too far separated to be able to combine their attacks . Then the central position is the best , provided there.
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... dangerous ; if the country is , on the contrary , free from obstacles , the safest road will usually be the shortest . If the retreat is effected behind a line of defence which the enemy has forced , it may still be parallel rather than ...
... dangerous ; if the country is , on the contrary , free from obstacles , the safest road will usually be the shortest . If the retreat is effected behind a line of defence which the enemy has forced , it may still be parallel rather than ...
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... dangerous , are equally power- ful against attempts to act offensively from two distinct bases . There should , on the contrary , always be the greatest possible concentration of effort , in order that successes 32 PRINCIPLES OF STRATEGY .
... dangerous , are equally power- ful against attempts to act offensively from two distinct bases . There should , on the contrary , always be the greatest possible concentration of effort , in order that successes 32 PRINCIPLES OF STRATEGY .
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... dangerous ; consequently , far from thinking of guarding all the passages , some must be abandoned , that others , the most important and the most threatened , may be better defended . If the enemy leaves these to go to the former , his ...
... dangerous ; consequently , far from thinking of guarding all the passages , some must be abandoned , that others , the most important and the most threatened , may be better defended . If the enemy leaves these to go to the former , his ...
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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