Strategy and TacticsD. Van Nostrand, 1864 - 400 páginas |
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... greater distance ; still the point A is insecure , because the enemy , taking the initiative before the army M is informed of its movement , may have so much the start as to reach some point , as P , before M is ready to march ; the ...
... greater distance ; still the point A is insecure , because the enemy , taking the initiative before the army M is informed of its movement , may have so much the start as to reach some point , as P , before M is ready to march ; the ...
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... greater the progress made upon divergent lines of operations , the greater does the disadvantage be- come ; because the two armies are constantly increas- ing their distance from each other , as well as the dif- ficulty of affording ...
... greater the progress made upon divergent lines of operations , the greater does the disadvantage be- come ; because the two armies are constantly increas- ing their distance from each other , as well as the dif- ficulty of affording ...
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... greater the extent of the base , the more dis- tant may be the operations of the army without having its communications endangered ; nearly in the same way that a pyramid may , with equal stability , have a greater height as its base is ...
... greater the extent of the base , the more dis- tant may be the operations of the army without having its communications endangered ; nearly in the same way that a pyramid may , with equal stability , have a greater height as its base is ...
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... the first successes , the moral effect of which is so great . The same general , two years previously , operating upon a vastly greater scale , obtained the same precision in the results of his arrangements . He 30 PRINCIPLES OF STRATEGY .
... the first successes , the moral effect of which is so great . The same general , two years previously , operating upon a vastly greater scale , obtained the same precision in the results of his arrangements . He 30 PRINCIPLES OF STRATEGY .
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... greater or less obstacle to the enemy , but also its form and relative position . Of two frontiers , one necessarily has preponderating advantages ; it should therefore be selected as the base of operations , and all the disposable ...
... greater or less obstacle to the enemy , but also its form and relative position . Of two frontiers , one necessarily has preponderating advantages ; it should therefore be selected as the base of operations , and all the disposable ...
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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