Strategy and TacticsD. Van Nostrand, 1864 - 400 páginas |
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... permit him to attack one of your corps by surprise , before the other could rejoin it . We must not confound with double or multiple lines of operations the different roads taken by the corps composing a single army , for the purpose of ...
... permit him to attack one of your corps by surprise , before the other could rejoin it . We must not confound with double or multiple lines of operations the different roads taken by the corps composing a single army , for the purpose of ...
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... permit the initiative to be taken promptly and in strong force . The distance of the different points of assembly should be so calculated that all the corps may arrive at the same time at the general rendez- vous in order to pass the ...
... permit the initiative to be taken promptly and in strong force . The distance of the different points of assembly should be so calculated that all the corps may arrive at the same time at the general rendez- vous in order to pass the ...
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... permit . In this way the Turks , by concentrating at Shumla , completely arrested the Russian invasion of 1810 , and by pursuing the same course in the war of 1828 , they prolonged their defence during a whole campaign . If , in 1812 ...
... permit . In this way the Turks , by concentrating at Shumla , completely arrested the Russian invasion of 1810 , and by pursuing the same course in the war of 1828 , they prolonged their defence during a whole campaign . If , in 1812 ...
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... permit . Calculation should be made of the efforts necessary to augment the defensive power of the several positions by the means presented by the engineer's art , and to remove the obstacles of- fered to the free movement of troops ...
... permit . Calculation should be made of the efforts necessary to augment the defensive power of the several positions by the means presented by the engineer's art , and to remove the obstacles of- fered to the free movement of troops ...
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... permit an attack in force upon those hostile bodies which , notwith- standing the precaution taken , may succeed in break- ing through or turning the passages , and may attempt to stop the progress of the retreating army . A weak corps ...
... permit an attack in force upon those hostile bodies which , notwith- standing the precaution taken , may succeed in break- ing through or turning the passages , and may attempt to stop the progress of the retreating army . A weak corps ...
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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