TYPES OF BATTLE ACTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45-50_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

Three distinct systems--The Defensive Battle seldom effects

positive results (Gettysburg; Fredericksburg)--The Offensive

Battle (Marlborough; Frederick the Great; Napoleon;

Wellington; Grant; Franco-Prussian War; Battle of Blenheim

described)--The Defensive-Offensive Battle (Marengo; Austerlitz;

Dresden; Vittoria; Orthez; Toulouse; Waterloo; Final Battles

of the Great War; Battle of Waterloo described)--Opportunities

for "restoring" the battle (Antietam)--Chancellorsville

a great Defensive-Offensive Battle--Passing from the "guard"

to the "thrust" (Second Battle of the Marne).

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 14 / 81 题