THE REAR GUARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119-128

Nature of Rear Guard work--Strength--Composition--

Distribution--Distance--Tactical Principles (Rear Party watches;

Main Guard fights for Time; Sannah's Post)--Training--Eye

for Ground (Napoleon; Gen. R. E. Lee)--Examples of Rear

Guard Work (First Battle of Le Cateau and the Retreat from

Mons; Second Battle of the Somme; Les Boeufs; Le Quesnoy;

Roliça; Coruña; Value of Musketry; Bristow Station; J. V.

Moreau).

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