Strategy and TacticsD. Van Nostrand, 1864 - 400 páginas |
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... prepared for the instruction of the officers of the Swiss army . It is written in a plain and sim- ple style . The author does not deal in vague gener- alities , but gives simple , practical directions , which are illustrated by actual ...
... prepared for the instruction of the officers of the Swiss army . It is written in a plain and sim- ple style . The author does not deal in vague gener- alities , but gives simple , practical directions , which are illustrated by actual ...
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... simple line of operations . This principle con- sists in always keeping your corps between those of the enemy , more nearly together than his , and better prepared to afford mutual support . It is , however 18 PRINCIPLES OF STRATEGY .
... simple line of operations . This principle con- sists in always keeping your corps between those of the enemy , more nearly together than his , and better prepared to afford mutual support . It is , however 18 PRINCIPLES OF STRATEGY .
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Guillaume Henri Dufour. prepared to afford mutual support . It is , however , al- ways safer to manœuvre upon a single line than upon two , even if they are interior ; especially so when the country is entirely open , and there is no ...
Guillaume Henri Dufour. prepared to afford mutual support . It is , however , al- ways safer to manœuvre upon a single line than upon two , even if they are interior ; especially so when the country is entirely open , and there is no ...
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... prepared , in advance , where the enemy is obliged to come after the army ; it may move in any direction , because every space not occu- pied by the enemy may serve for a base of operations ; there is every facility for threatening his ...
... prepared , in advance , where the enemy is obliged to come after the army ; it may move in any direction , because every space not occu- pied by the enemy may serve for a base of operations ; there is every facility for threatening his ...
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... prepared for his reception by fortifica- tion and any other means circumstances may 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 ...
... prepared for his reception by fortifica- tion and any other means circumstances may 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 ...
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