The better infantry is, the more important it is to support it by
artillery, with a view to its preservation.
It is essential, also, that the batteries attached to divisions should
march in the front, because this has a strong influence on the _morale_
of the soldier. He attacks always with confidence when he sees the
flanks of the column well covered with cannon.
The artillery reserve should be kept for a decisive moment, and then
employed in full force, for it will be difficult for the enemy at such
a time to presume to attack it.
There is scarcely an instance of a battery of sixty pieces of cannon
having been carried by a charge of infantry or cavalry, unless where
it was entirely without support, or in a position to be easily turned.