Strategy and TacticsD. Van Nostrand, 1864 - 400 páginas |
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... the Danube at Passau , & c . A hundred combats have taken place on these different lines . The points which it is desirable to attain , whose capture is important for the success of a campaign , 10 PRINCIPLES OF STRATEGY .
... the Danube at Passau , & c . A hundred combats have taken place on these different lines . The points which it is desirable to attain , whose capture is important for the success of a campaign , 10 PRINCIPLES OF STRATEGY .
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Guillaume Henri Dufour. capture is important for the success of a campaign , are called objective points , or objectives of operations . The route pursued by an army in reaching an ob- jective is the line of operations , which takes the ...
Guillaume Henri Dufour. capture is important for the success of a campaign , are called objective points , or objectives of operations . The route pursued by an army in reaching an ob- jective is the line of operations , which takes the ...
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... successes for the pur- pose of making these establishments . Troops are left behind , or others are brought up , to occupy and fortify the points to be held , and establish dépôts of supplies , while the army continues to advance and ...
... successes for the pur- pose of making these establishments . Troops are left behind , or others are brought up , to occupy and fortify the points to be held , and establish dépôts of supplies , while the army continues to advance and ...
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... successes . The primitive line would then be , to some extent , a pretended one , and the secondary line , the real one ; it should not , therefore , be called accidental : it would be simply a new line of opera- tions . * It is ...
... successes . The primitive line would then be , to some extent , a pretended one , and the secondary line , the real one ; it should not , therefore , be called accidental : it would be simply a new line of opera- tions . * It is ...
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... Success , in such a case , requires , in the first place , that the 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 ...
... Success , in such a case , requires , in the first place , that the 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 ...
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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