HOW BATTLES ARE INFLUENCED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33-44

Commander's influence by his Orders and by his employment of

Reserves--Subordinates must "bring to fruit the scheme of the

higher command"--The "fog of battle"--Information--Co-operation

(on grand scale at First Battle of the Marne; on minor

scale at Gneudecourt)--Fire Tactics--Value of withholding

fire (Heights of Abraham; Bunker Hill; Fredericksburg; Retreat

from Mons)--Enfilade and Reverse Fire (The Bluff in Ypres

Salient)--Movement--Advancing under Fire--Withdrawing

under Fire in "Delaying Action"--Holding on (Untimely surrender

at Soissons; Stubborn defence at First and Second Battles

of Ypres; Trônes Wood; Bourlon Village; Polygon Wood;

Givenchy)--Covering Fire--Fire and Movement inseparably

associated.

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 · 第 13 / 81 题