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... space which separated us from the line of abatis before the enemy could offer any resistance ; in other words , success must depend in a great measure on our adversaries being taken by surprise . On this point the result justified our ...
... space which separated us from the line of abatis before the enemy could offer any resistance ; in other words , success must depend in a great measure on our adversaries being taken by surprise . On this point the result justified our ...
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... space as they require ; but on the other hand , in order to fire in this way , the riflemen must be placed farther apart , so that on the whole the widening of the French trench is as desirable as the thickening of its parapet , which ...
... space as they require ; but on the other hand , in order to fire in this way , the riflemen must be placed farther apart , so that on the whole the widening of the French trench is as desirable as the thickening of its parapet , which ...
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... space occupied by a front of nine files or eighteen men ( each file occupying in the ranks about twenty- three inches ) . Thus a battalion of six companies may be sheltered in twenty minutes by the work of only two of its companies , or ...
... space occupied by a front of nine files or eighteen men ( each file occupying in the ranks about twenty- three inches ) . Thus a battalion of six companies may be sheltered in twenty minutes by the work of only two of its companies , or ...
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... space of time ; but on the other hand it diminishes the quantity of earth to be furnished by the ditch , which thus becomes narrower and of less depth . Shelter - trenches are not only useful for troops of the first line , but also for ...
... space of time ; but on the other hand it diminishes the quantity of earth to be furnished by the ditch , which thus becomes narrower and of less depth . Shelter - trenches are not only useful for troops of the first line , but also for ...
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... space of a night , the front and flanks of a camp or position . ( See Pl . 2 , Fig . 11. ) ' The whole extent of front should be covered with bastioned redoubts , 255 yds . apart from salient to salient . Thus a front of 2,130 yds ...
... space of a night , the front and flanks of a camp or position . ( See Pl . 2 , Fig . 11. ) ' The whole extent of front should be covered with bastioned redoubts , 255 yds . apart from salient to salient . Thus a front of 2,130 yds ...
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18th Royal Irish 65 Cornhill advanced posts advantage armed Army Artillery attack Austrians banquette barricades bastions battalions batteries berm BRIALMONT Brigade Caldiero camp Cavalry centre château chevaux de frise Colonel de Pidoll columns command corps d'armée covering mass cubic feet Demy 8vo detachments ditch earth enceinte enemy enemy's enfilade Engineers epaulments excavation exposed exterior reserve favour field of battle fire flanks flèches foot force formed German ground guns Hasty Intrenchments Horse Artillery important Infantry knapsack La Rothière line of abatis line of battle line of defence little wood merlons mètre military minutes musketry Napoleon occupied offensive front operations parapet pickaxes placed points position profile in Fig protected Prussian rank rear redoubts réduit regiments require riflemen road Rogniat Sadowa second line shelter shelter-trenches shovels skirmishers slope soldiers superior slope TACTICAL DEDUCTIONS toise trench troops trous de loup wing workmen yards
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Сторінка 91 - Vera." 2 vols. Fifth Edition. Cloth, gilt tops, I2j. *„* Also a Cheaper Edition in i vol. With Frontispiece. Crown 8vo. Cloth, price 6s. BLU ME (Major W.). The Operations of the German Armies in France, from Sedan to the end of the war of 187071. With Map. From the Journals of the Head-quarters Staff. Translated by the late EM Jones, Maj.
Сторінка 92 - One of the best-known and coolest-headed of the metropolitan regiments, whose adjutant moreover has lately published an admirable collection of lectures addressed by him to the men of his corps.
Сторінка 91 - The work of Major von Blume in its English dress forms the most valuable addition to our stock of works upon the war that our press has put forth. Major Blume writes with a clear conciseness much wanting in many of his country's historians. Our space forbids our doing more than commending it earnestly as the most authentic and instructive narrative of the second section of the war that has yet appeared.
Сторінка 92 - Army of the North German Confederation : a Brief Description of its Organisation, of the Different Branches of the Service and their role in War, of its Mode of Fighting, etc.
Сторінка 91 - WARTENSLEBEN (Count H. von.)— THE OPERATIONS OF THE SOUTH ARMY IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, 1871. Compiled from the Official War Documents of the Head-quarters of the Southern Army. Translated by Colonel CH von Wright. With Maps. Demy 8vo.
Сторінка 91 - The work of translation has been well done ; the expressive German idioms have been rendered into clear, nervous English without losing any of their original force ; and in notes, prefaces, and introductions, much additional information has been given.
Сторінка 92 - ... precision. . . . We must, without delay, impress brain and forethought into the British Service ; and we cannot commence the good work too soon, or better, than by placing the two books (* The Operations of the German Armies' and 'Tactical Deductions') we have here criticised, in every military library, and introducing them as class-books in every tactical school.