Strategy and TacticsD. Van Nostrand, 1864 - 400 páginas |
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... forces were superior , the abandonment of the line B D , which is virtually the abandonment of the base P Q , would be wrong . When one party controls the sea , a portion of the coast , where a good harbor may be held and furnished with ...
... forces were superior , the abandonment of the line B D , which is virtually the abandonment of the base P Q , would be wrong . When one party controls the sea , a portion of the coast , where a good harbor may be held and furnished with ...
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... force be not too much inferior to that of the pursuing enemy ; and , secondly , that the retiring army be not so far from its own territory as to run the risk of being entirely cut off . The nature of the surround- ing country must be ...
... force be not too much inferior to that of the pursuing enemy ; and , secondly , that the retiring army be not so far from its own territory as to run the risk of being entirely cut off . The nature of the surround- ing country must be ...
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Guillaume Henri Dufour. tion , resources , forces , and condition of the enemy . The general should be perfectly untrammelled in carrying out a plan of campaign , even if it has been marked out for him by higher authority ; but it is ...
Guillaume Henri Dufour. tion , resources , forces , and condition of the enemy . The general should be perfectly untrammelled in carrying out a plan of campaign , even if it has been marked out for him by higher authority ; but it is ...
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... force . The distance of the different points of assembly should be so calculated that all the corps may arrive at ... forces towards Belgium , which was occupied by the English and Prussians . They were covering all the space between ...
... force . The distance of the different points of assembly should be so calculated that all the corps may arrive at ... forces towards Belgium , which was occupied by the English and Prussians . They were covering all the space between ...
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... forces ; and the same reasons which make double lines of operations dangerous , are equally power- ful against attempts to act offensively from two distinct bases . There should , on the contrary , always be the greatest possible ...
... forces ; and the same reasons which make double lines of operations dangerous , are equally power- ful against attempts to act offensively from two distinct bases . There should , on the contrary , always be the greatest possible ...
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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