Strategy and TacticsD. Van Nostrand, 1864 - 400 páginas |
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... detached bodies afford no reciprocal support , are withdrawn from the immediate command of the general , who cannot be omnipresent , and , on account of their distance apart , they cannot be concentrated when the line is broken anywhere ...
... detached bodies afford no reciprocal support , are withdrawn from the immediate command of the general , who cannot be omnipresent , and , on account of their distance apart , they cannot be concentrated when the line is broken anywhere ...
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... detached to take position and cover the march until the column has passed so far that there is no longer danger . The detachment will then rejoin the army as soon as practicable . Those marches which are concealed from the ene- my lead ...
... detached to take position and cover the march until the column has passed so far that there is no longer danger . The detachment will then rejoin the army as soon as practicable . Those marches which are concealed from the ene- my lead ...
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... detachment . Diversions are dangerous , because the army is weak- ened by just so many men as are employed that way ... detached . However , there is nothing absolutely fixed in the difficult science of war ; there is no rule without ...
... detachment . Diversions are dangerous , because the army is weak- ened by just so many men as are employed that way ... detached . However , there is nothing absolutely fixed in the difficult science of war ; there is no rule without ...
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... detachment then becomes a ne- cessity , the only alternative being the failure to accom- plish the object in view ; but it should be so regulated that its absence should be as short as possible , and , as soon as circumstances permit ...
... detachment then becomes a ne- cessity , the only alternative being the failure to accom- plish the object in view ; but it should be so regulated that its absence should be as short as possible , and , as soon as circumstances permit ...
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... detached corps should then act vigorously , make forced marches in order to multiply itself in the eyes of the enemy , cause him very great uneasiness or inflict a real blow . Indeci- sion or vacillation on the part of the commander of ...
... detached corps should then act vigorously , make forced marches in order to multiply itself in the eyes of the enemy , cause him very great uneasiness or inflict a real blow . Indeci- sion or vacillation on the part of the commander of ...
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