Strategy and TacticsD. Van Nostrand, 1864 - 400 páginas |
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... his line of operations , in case he lost the battle of Austerlitz , but victory rendered its execution unnecessary . - Halleck's Military Art and Science . a large convoy , to raise the siege of Olmutz 20 PRINCIPLES OF STRATEGY .
... his line of operations , in case he lost the battle of Austerlitz , but victory rendered its execution unnecessary . - Halleck's Military Art and Science . a large convoy , to raise the siege of Olmutz 20 PRINCIPLES OF STRATEGY .
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... victory is deci- sive , if the pursuit of the defeated enemy is vigorous- ly prosecuted ; in the second , he may be expected soon to make another stand , and fight again . When Napoleon moved his army from Boulogne , in 1805 , by forced ...
... victory is deci- sive , if the pursuit of the defeated enemy is vigorous- ly prosecuted ; in the second , he may be expected soon to make another stand , and fight again . When Napoleon moved his army from Boulogne , in 1805 , by forced ...
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... victory ; it is then in presence of a disorganized enemy , who has lost his communications and is in a state of demoralization . It may rush into the midst of the scattered corps ; it need only show itself and the enemy flies . In such ...
... victory ; it is then in presence of a disorganized enemy , who has lost his communications and is in a state of demoralization . It may rush into the midst of the scattered corps ; it need only show itself and the enemy flies . In such ...
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... victory a necessity , and advances towards Carthage . He overwhelms the opposing army , succeeds in contract- ing certain alliances , and brings the capital to the brink of ruin . Syracuse was saved . Certainly this was a diversion ...
... victory a necessity , and advances towards Carthage . He overwhelms the opposing army , succeeds in contract- ing certain alliances , and brings the capital to the brink of ruin . Syracuse was saved . Certainly this was a diversion ...
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... victory and having the object of completing it ; he lost 10,000 or 12,000 excellent troops ; and , what was worse , the morale of the army was sensibly affected by this check . If all the detachments referred to in history were as ...
... victory and having the object of completing it ; he lost 10,000 or 12,000 excellent troops ; and , what was worse , the morale of the army was sensibly affected by this check . If all the detachments referred to in history were as ...
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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