Strategy and TacticsD. Van Nostrand, 1864 - 400 páginas |
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... separating limits disappear . Tactics , if we designate by that term simply the evolutions of the battle - field , may , so to speak , be taught by mathematical figures , because for each of these movements there is a rule ; and this ...
... separating limits disappear . Tactics , if we designate by that term simply the evolutions of the battle - field , may , so to speak , be taught by mathematical figures , because for each of these movements there is a rule ; and this ...
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... separating Bohemia from Saxony . His first line of operations was from Dresden to Prague by the left bank of the Moldau ; the second was directed towards Neiss , a strong position in Silesia ; the two bases made an angle with its ...
... separating Bohemia from Saxony . His first line of operations was from Dresden to Prague by the left bank of the Moldau ; the second was directed towards Neiss , a strong position in Silesia ; the two bases made an angle with its ...
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... separated by no great obstacles . The line of operations is double when the army is divided , and , although proceeding from a single base , the different corps move along lines so distant from each other that they could not be ...
... separated by no great obstacles . The line of operations is double when the army is divided , and , although proceeding from a single base , the different corps move along lines so distant from each other that they could not be ...
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... danger of being enveloped on a battle - field , the case changes when the distances increase , and the enveloping corps are too far separated to be able to combine their attacks . Then the central position is the best , provided there.
... danger of being enveloped on a battle - field , the case changes when the distances increase , and the enveloping corps are too far separated to be able to combine their attacks . Then the central position is the best , provided there.
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... separated lines . But then the lines should be interior , in order that the two R M M Fig . 4 . corps M and M ' ( fig . 4 ) may , if necessary , keep up an inter - communi- cation , give mutual as- sistance in case of at- tack , or ...
... separated lines . But then the lines should be interior , in order that the two R M M Fig . 4 . corps M and M ' ( fig . 4 ) may , if necessary , keep up an inter - communi- cation , give mutual as- sistance in case of at- tack , or ...
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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