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  Appreciating the situation")--The Company--The Company Commander--The Battalion--The Battalion Commander (Personal examples; Monchy le Preux; Battle of Cambrai


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id: 15772
title: Machiavelli, Volume I
author: Machiavelli, Niccolò
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  prevaile in the tyme of warre, that in peace thei maie bee able to kepe is to levie armies, and by meane of the Prince, thei maie then well bee Romaine menne, whiche was the strength of their armies, thei created with their orders to finde the enemies, whom if thei bee well armed, to whiche in soche exercises be necessarie: therfore thesame that thei doe, the armies, twoo orders is observed, the one, thesame that the men ought the enemies armie, whiche came to faight with hym, he caused his light us so moche good, and cause our armies to bee so strong, why ought not companie of the armie: From the whiche place, thei maie easely honours in an armie, whiche soche a man ought to rise by, as should bee flancke, whiche shall come to bee then the taile of the armie: the other


id: 14625
title: Military Instructors Manual
author: Cole, J. P. (James Perry)
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  TAKE INTERVAL, TO THE RIGHT, MARCH, SQUAD, HALT.--(At command "To the RIGHT FRONT INTO LINE, MARCH; Company, Halt, Front. PLATOONS, RIGHT FRONT INTO LINE, MARCH; Company, Halt, Front. Company Commander is on right flank, in same place as "Prepare for rear of the right flank of the company that has formed in line. guide reaches him, commands: Squads left, March, Company Halt, Left Major: _Line of companies at_ (seven) paces, guide left (right). commands: Squads left, March, Company Halt, Left Dress, Front. the base company the command is: Column half right, March. Rear Captains: (As they come on the line): Company Halt, Right Dress, Rear Captains: (As they come on the line): Company Halt, Right Dress, 5. The right or left company of the firing line as the base In "Right front into line, double time" halting and aligning commands (d) Company being in column of squads, to form line to the right


id: 16170
author: Halleck, H. W. (Henry Wager)
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  as a nation, we employ military officers to man our ships and forts, to Let us to-morrow destroy our forts and ships of war, disband our army the attacking army be directed against an entire state, it becomes a war points which it is important for the defensive army to secure; _line of A French army carrying on military operations against Germany would make open frontier, to attack the enemy''s forces in the field, taking care at well-organized army of twelve thousand men, war with Mexico might have The British attacking force consisted of thirty-seven ships of the line, important to get possession of the military works commanding the line of intended when we speak of _the army_; but in time of war this force is operations: in time of war they are charged with the attack and defence year of the war the engineer force with the English army in the field

title:
  Elements of Military Art and Science Or, Course Of Instruction In Strategy, Fortification, Tactics Of Battles, &C.; Embracing The Duties Of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, And Engineers; Adapted To The Use Of Volunteers And Militia; Third Edition; With Critical Notes On The Mexican And Crimean Wars.


id: 17405
title: The Art of War
author: Sunzi, active 6th century B.C.
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  Now in order to kill the enemy, our men must order is to attack the enemy''s army in the field; of victory, for it means conquering an enemy that is 2. Fighting with a large army under your command awaits the coming of the enemy, will be fresh for the fight; If we wish to fight, the enemy can be forced encamping the army, and observing signs of the enemy. the enemy in his turn; then, when part of his army has the enemy, and the strength of the two armies is equal, If we know that the enemy is open to attack, If we know that the enemy is open to attack, On open ground, do not try to block the enemy''s way. yourself to the enemy until you can fight a decisive battle. The enemy''s spies who have come to spy on us


id: 23473
author: Anonymous
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  Troops--Forward Body, Supports and Local Reserves--General Arrangements--Supply--Commander''s Position--Battle into Sectors--Position of General Reserve (Second Battle of the relieved the pressure on Verdun but held in position large enemy forces and weight of the main attack carried it through the enemy''s forces: commander who issues orders for Attack or Defence should assemble his The force is retained by the commander of the whole attacking troops, Force (commanded at that time by General Sir W. for the decisive attack at the point in the enemy''s defence which commander invites the enemy to attack a well-chosen position, and after cavalry and advanced troops in the early stages of manoeuvre-battle, General Reserve into the flank and rear of the enemy''s main {95} attack Civil War, during an encounter battle between {108} advanced troops, force to the Rear Guard of a retreating enemy; through the attack of a force of 11,000 infantry, 2,000 cavalry, and 60 guns, to attack an

title:
  Lectures on Land Warfare; A tactical Manual for the Use of Infantry Officers An Examination of the Principles Which Underlie the Art of Warfare, with Illustrations of the Principles by Examples Taken from Military History, from the Battle of Thermopylae, B.C. 480, to the Battle of the Sambre, November 1-11, 1918


id: 1172
title: The Cavalry General
author: Xenophon
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  Next comes the need to arm both horse and man ranks; and in case of an advance against a hostile force at any look about for cavalry, but have a thoroughly efficient force to hand place, all the front-rank men are forced to act as officers; (9) and of an advance of cavalry, if the orders for march were passed from where precisely no man knows, will prevent the enemy from feeling numbers appear small, supposing you have ground at command adapted to I consider it to be the duty of the cavalry commander to point out cavalry performance in the field, and leave his enemy to play the part Suppose men and horses to have been taught troops at your command, both horses and men. word of command is passed, form squadron to the front and charge the a body of men who will dash forward (21) and charge an enemy as above


id: 7294
title: Battle Studies; Ancient and Modern Battle
author: Ardant du Picq, Charles Jean Jacques Joseph
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  Colonel Ardant du Picq''s "Battle Studies" is a French military "Armies of to-day gain decisions by action in open order, where each Collective man, a disciplined body of troops formed in tactical battle What methods caused the soldiers of a Roman army to fight most In order to conquer enemies that terrified his men, a Roman general After the skirmishing of the light infantry troops, the foot-soldiers forty-five thousand men gave way, and, merely between the battle field confusion and the vacillation of firing lines, men and commanding army, with a division, with a regiment on the day of battle, fights. Let the battalion commander of the troops of the second line entirely Troops in close order can have only a moral effect, for the attack, or cavalry, seasoned by long wars, and officers and men of very firm "In this battle the cavalry did not attack the Romans in front, but,


id: 13549
title: The Art of War
author: Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de
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  operations, strategic position, and line of defense, as well as each operations, strategic position, and line of defense, as well as each operations which affords good lines of defense or good points of support lines of defense, and strategic positions generally depend upon a general theater of war; the term _lines of operations_ will designate operations of the army of the reserve; E, the two lines of retreat of because the double line of operations caused the defeat of the armies hand, a German army invading France would operate upon a line much more An army on the defensive, with its line of operations on its double line of operations; but a French army of which only a detachment that an army may, with the view of destroying the enemy, pass the line When an army awaits an attack, it takes up a position and forms its line


id: 34459
author: Corbin, Thomas W.
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  carbon, hydrogen and oxygen) and a little vaseline added, form a soft range and vigorous hitting power a gun needs to be as long as possible. The guns, therefore, with which the ships are armed, always form a powerful jet of air through the gun every time the breech is opened, a steel shell and then hurl the whole thing at him out of a gun. between the gun and the shell when firing takes place. case of ordinary ships where speed is not of such great importance, the It is strange to think how short a time the iron or steel ship has been illustrates the fact that in comparing the power of guns we need to wonderful ships, more particularly to the means for working the guns. through the water will not make some wave, but certain forms cause less use the orthodox term, is placed another little piece of iron called the

title:
  The Romance of War Inventions A Description of Warships, Guns, Tanks, Rifles, Bombs, and Other Instruments and Munitions of Warfare, How They Were Invented & How They Are Employed


id: 48366
title: Chats on Military Curios
author: Johnson, Stanley C. (Stanley Currie)
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  United Service Museum--Public collections of military curios Medals, helmet and cap-badges, tunic buttons, armour pieces, firearms, soldiers, original documents relating to army work, military pictures regiment will possess a greater value than an identical medal awarded English soldier was ever awarded a royal medal until Waterloo, unless Mayo, in "Medals and Decorations of the British Army and Navy," gold medal was worn by general officers. The larger medal was awarded to general officers and was provided with The next medal struck at the Mint was awarded to the soldiers who took A second Indian General Service medal was issued in 1854 and [Illustration: THE THIRD INDIAN GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL.] Reverse and ribbon, as for the third India General Service medal. Service and Good Conduct award--The "Best Shot" medal--Volunteer War Medals of the British Army, 1893. H. War Medals and Decorations issued to the British H. Medals and Decorations of the British Army and


id: 44024
title: The Book of War: The Military Classic of the Far East The Articles of Suntzu; The Sayings of Wutzu
author: Wu, Qi
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  general is to avoid encounter in battle until the enemy is no longer Therefore the master of war causes the enemy''s forces to yield, but By the rules of war, if ten times as strong as the enemy, surround him; the enemy''s unguarded moment for attack; when the general possesses fighting, a great number of banners and flags and the enemy''s eyes and well, avoids the time when the spirits are keen; but attacks the enemy use stratagem in mountainous and wooded country; on death ground, fight. Place the army on high ground, and avoid an enemy in high places. enemy near water, but place the army on high ground, and in safety. The great general, when attacking a powerful nation, prevents the enemy "The secret of war is, first, to know who is the enemy''s general, and "The army will attack the enemy''s chariots, horse and foot, in


id: 44200
title: The Reality of War: A Companion to Clausewitz
author: Murray, Stewart Lygon
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  that one of the main objects of a nation waging war is to force the THE INFLUENCE OF CLAUSEWITZ ON MODERN POLICY AND WAR military writer who, after Clausewitz, writes upon the subject of war, He will regard war as the means by which some day his nation completely overthrown." This is what Clausewitz means by Absolute War, may say that war takes its absolute form in the modern great national war_, instead of a cabinet and an army, a whole nation with its natural "There are three principal objects in carrying on war," says Clausewitz. modern national war which make his book of such great and enduring effects of a great national war than has yet been given to the subject "War," says Clausewitz, "is only a continuation of State policy by to one in war, Clausewitz, as the great realistic and practical


id: 55185
title: Some Principles of Frontier Mountain Warfare
author: Bird, W. D. (Wilkinson Dent)
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  A body of troops moving in an enemy''s country is liable to be attacked These picquets, together with the advanced and rear guards, secure the except the advanced and rear-guards, and then the supply column. echelon 1st line transport of the advanced and rear-guards picquetting troops, may march at the tail of the main body. of picquets, and to the march of the rear-guard, the following The strength, composition, and time of march of the advanced guard need enemy, the bulk of the fighting troops should move in rear of the main transport, (except, of the advanced and rear-guards,) with the 2nd line ACTION OF THE ADVANCED & REAR-GUARDS, AND OF ROAD PICQUETS. As the troops march up the valley, the advanced guard commander should two portions, advanced guard, and the picquetting troops, each under a If the enemy venture to close with the rear-guard and picquets, it is


