Advance guard, conduct of the 451
Ammunition knapsacks 483
Ammunition supply 475
Regulations in re 483
Assault 452
Attack 451
Battalion, formations of the 70
Company, strength of (table) 35
Coöperation of infantry and artillery 354
Counter-attack 453
Cyclists, rate of march of 29
Defense 453
Envelopment 362
Fire, kinds of 160
Time for opening 154
Frontage 242
Front and facing distance 48
Infantry combat 451-453
Intrenching tool equipment 39
Kinds of fire 451
Load carried by soldier 40
Pace, length and number per minute (table) 54
Ranges, ascertaining 143
Rushes 91, 452
Skirmish line, formation of 80
Supply of ammunition 475, 483
Vulnerability of various formations 186
J.
JAPAN
Advance in skirmish line 76, 77
Advanced positions 465
Ammunition, how carried by soldier 476
Ammunition supply 475
Assault 464
Attack 463
On a position prepared for defense 464
In Russo-Japanese War, characteristics of 341, 342
Battalion, formations of the 70
Combat, characteristics of 341
Counter-attack 439
Defense 465
Fire, kinds of 160
Frontage 242
Front and facing distance 48
Infantry
Combat 463-465
Tactics in Russo-Japanese War, characteristics of 341
Versus cavalry 315
Intrenching in attack 392, 465
Kinds of fire 463
Load carried by soldier 40
Machine guns 290
Pace, length and number per minute (table) 54
Pursuit 465
Rencontre 464
Rushes 91, 463
Skirmish line, formation of 80
Use of spade in attack 392, 466
JÄGER 21-23
K.
KAISERJÄGER 24
KINDS OF FIRE--see Fire
KNAPSACKS
Ammunition 483
Loss of 364
Weight of, in various armies (table) 40
L.
LEADERS
Conduct in action 399
Duties in action 399, 400, 401
Posts in action 399
LEADING--see Troop Leading
LESSONS OF THE BOER WAR, in re
Attack 340
Rushes 88, 89
LESSONS OF THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR, in re
Attack 340
Fire control and fire direction 137
Formations under artillery fire 321-324
Rushes 89, 90
LINE
Comparison with column 42-45
Vulnerability of the 187
LINE FORMATION 73, 74
LINE OF COMPANY COLUMNS, French (with plate) 70
LINE OF PLATOONS, vulnerability of 186
LOCAL RECONNAISSANCE--see Reconnaissance
LONG RANGE FIRE 148, 150-153, 176
LOSSES
Artillery under infantry fire 326, 327
British, in Boer War 193
Examples 20, 36, 45, 50, 51, 153, 167, 168, 176, 178, 188,
189, 190, 193, 227, 312, 324
Franco-German War (by arm) 20
French Cuirassiers in charge at Vionville 312
In action 185
Infantry under artillery fire 324
Percentage of 186, 188, 189, 227
Produced by
Long range fire 176
Artillery and infantry fire, comparison 167, 168
Officers and men, comparison 189, 190
Skirmish line 81
When using fire while in motion 92
M.
MACHINE GUNS 259
Ammunition 261
Supply
Austria 288
Battery 273
England 290
Germany 273
Russia 291
Switzerland 284
Transportation of 270
Assignment to cavalry 296
Attack, employment in 365
Austria 288
Basket mount 261
Battery (Germany)
Ammunition supply 273
Column of platoons 273, 274
Combat train 276
Employment of 293
Field train 270
Fighting 270
Formations 273, 274
Movements and gaits 273
Order in line 273, 274
Organization 270
Relative combat value 273
Route column 273, 274
Section column 273, 274
Belts, ammunition 261
Cavalry 261
Colt 261
Column of platoons 273, 274
Combat
Against artillery 297
Cavalry 296
Of infantry against, general principles 268
Train 270
Value as compared with skirmishers 267
Companies
Germany 275
Russia 290
Switzerland 284
Cone of dispersion 264
Crawling into position (illustration) 277
Defense 414
Employment in 425
Development, historical 259
Employment of 263
English views on employment of 297
Examples of employment of 283
Feldl gun 219
Field train 270
Fighting battery 270
Fire 263
Austria 263
Comparison with infantry fire 265-267
Concentrated 263
Cone of dispersion 264
Effect of 264, 294
Germany 263
Kinds of 263, 287-288
Progressive 263
Rate of 261
Sweeping 263
Switzerland 263, 287
Formations
Austria 288
Germany 273, 274
Switzerland 287
Fire effect 264, 294
As compared with a body of skirmishers 265
Fire fight 283
Fire of position 85
France 290
Gatling 259
Germany 270
Going into position 276
Historical development 259
Hotchkiss 260
In position (illustration) 279
Intrenched (illustration) 281
Japan 290
Kinds of fire
Austria 263, 288
Germany 263
Switzerland 263, 287, 288
Mitrailleuse 259
Mountain batteries 288
Mounting, method of 261, 284
Organization
Austria 288
England 290
Germany 270, 271, 275
Russia 291
Switzerland 284
Order in line 273-274
Progressive fire 263
Russia 290
Schwarzlose 260
Searching fire 263
Section column 273, 274
Sled mount 261
Sweeping fire 263
Swiss views on employment of 299
Tripod mount 261
Various countries 284-293
Weights of various, with mounts 261
MAGAZINES--see Field Magazines
MAIN BODY, conduct in a rencontre 336
MAIN FIRING POSITION 369
MANEUVERS 8, 12
MAP PROBLEMS 8, 11
MARCH, rate of, cyclists 29
MARCHING, length of pace and 53
MARKSMANSHIP, value of 169
MASKS 421
Influence of 120
MATTOCK, weight of 40
METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, effect of, on range 145
METHOD OF INSTRUCTION--see Instruction
MILITARY HISTORY, EXAMPLES FROM
Abridged attack 330
Advance, impulse from the rear 95
Advanced positions 412
Attack on 348
Ammunition, expenditure and supply of 89, 90, 468, 474
Artillery fire diverted from proper objective by advancing
infantry 327
Artillery supporting a cavalry charge 313
Under infantry fire 326-327
Assault 376, 409
Assaulting guidons, use of 355
Attack 340-345
Formation of a brigade 207
Battalions, strength of 36
Cavalry charges 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 308, 309, 310, 311, 313
Changes of front 320, 321
Charge of French Cuirassiers of the Guard at Vionville 311
Close order formation, effect of fire on 102, 103
Column as attack formation 44, 45
Combats, duration of 178
Companies, consolidation of 36
Concentration for action 205, 209, 210
Counter-attack
After position is carried 433
Against a hostile flank 435, 436
Cover,
Construction of, in attack 344
Use of 257
Defensive position, location of 410
Deployment 206
Of reserves 369
Distribution in depth and frontage 222, 223, 226
Dummy trenches 421
Effect of danger 195-200
Fire on charging cavalry 308
Envelopment 357, 358, 359, 360, 361
Expenditure and supply of ammunition 468-474
Fatigue produced by continuous fire 155
Fire,
Effect of 132
Kinds of, used in Russo-Japanese War 157, 159
Russo-Turkish War 158, 159
Withholding the 151, 152
Fire control and fire direction, difficulties of 137
Fire effect on close order formations 102, 103
Fire pauses 156
Fire preparation 149
Fire support during an assault 380
Fire while in motion 93
Flank attack 357
Flanking fire 354
Formations suitable under fire 121
Under artillery fire 321, 322, 323, 324
Frontage 231, 232
And distribution in depth 237
In Russo-Japanese War 239
Of battalions at Mukden 211
Overextension of 238
Frontal counter attacks 437, 438
Gaps in the line 239
Improvised units, use of 197
Influence of various rifles on density of battle formations 24
Length of rushes and expenditure of ammunition 89-90
Lessons of the Boer War, in re attack 340
Russo-Japanese War, in re attack 340
Local reconnaissance 250, 253
Long range fire 149, 150, 151, 152, 153
In defense 155
Losses 36, 50, 51, 153, 332
Percentage of 188, 189, 227
Produced by infantry and artillery fire 167
Long range fire 176
Relative, officers to men 189, 190
Under artillery fire 324
Machine guns, employment of 260, 275, 283, 289, 290
Masks, effect of 120
Mistakes caused by trumpet signals 42
Mixing of organizations 195, 226
Moral effect of a cavalry charge 306
Fire 426
Gen. Bennal’s impressions at Wörth 191
On charging cavalry 309
Number of troops required for attack and defense 234
Passage through timber 333
Ranges, underestimation of 142
Removal of packs 364
Rencontre 339
Reserves, employment of 340, 395, 396, 397
Rushes, employment of 93, 94, 95
Length of 89, 90
Sand bags, use of, in attack 344, 390
Study of 7-8
Surprise 208, 250, 252, 331, 340
Surrender of British troops in Boer War 192
Telephone communication at Mukden 247
Temperature, effect of 145
Trumpet signals, mistakes caused by 42
United attack, necessity of 402
Use of spade in attack 387, 388
Value of 8, 9, 10
Void of the battlefield 194
Volleys, use of 164
Woods, passage through 333
Wounds
Produced by cutting weapons 384
Character of 128, 129
MINOR TACTICS 12
MISSES, effect of; Wolozkoi’s theory 173
MITRAILLEUSE 259
MIXING OF ORGANIZATIONS 195, 226
How prevented 96, 97
MORAL EFFECT
Cavalry charge 306
Counter-attack 436
Fire 191, 227
On charging cavalry 309
MORAL FACTORS and discipline 107, 108
MOUNTAIN TROOPS 23
MOUNTAIN WARFARE 23
MOUNTED INFANTRY 25, 26, 27
MOUNTED MESSENGERS, use on battlefield 246
MUSICIANS
Duties in skirmish line 79
Posts in skirmish line 79
N.
NEEDLE GUN, compared with rifle, model 98, as regards flatness of
trajectory 153
NETHERLANDS, column of fours 58
NIGHT ATTACKS, distribution in depth 233
NIGHT OPERATIONS, close order formations, importance of 104
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, posts of, in various armies 47
NORMAL ATTACK 203
v. Boguslawski’s views 204
Clausewitz’s views 204
v. Scherff’s views 205
NORMAL FORMATIONS, necessity for, in some countries 201
O.
OBSERVATION OF THE FOREGROUND 420
Compared with deliberately planned attack 334, 338
OBSERVATION STATIONS 421
OBSTACLES 422
OBUS ALLONGÉ 115
OFFENSIVE
Assumption of the 428
In defense 409
Spirit of the 109, 110
OFFENSIVE-DEFENSIVE 408
OFFENSIVE RETURN (France) 439, 458
OFFICERS
Demeanor, influence of 84
Losses among 50, 51
Franco-German War (by arm) 20
Relative to men 189, 190
OPEN COLUMN, depth of 47
ORDER IN LINE, machine gun batteries 273, 274
ORDERS 41
Combat 243, 244
Contents of 41
Issue of 41
In a rencontre 336
ORGANIZATION 34
Battalion 36, 37
Brigade 37, 38
Company 34, 35
In various armies (table) 35
Machine guns,
Austria 288
England 290
France 290
Germany 270
Japan 290
Russia 290
Switzerland 284
Mounted infantry (England) 26
Regiment 37
ORGANIZATIONS
Mixing of 195, 226
How prevented 96, 97
Use of improvised 197
P.
PACE
Diminution of length of, on various slopes 141
Length of, and marching 53
In various armies (table) 54
PACES, number of, per minute 54
PACKS, removal of 363, 364
PANIC 27, 107, 441
PASSIVE DEFENSE 408, 409
PATROLS 27
Combat 80
PEACE, eternal 1
PENETRATION, “S” bullet 131
PLATOON
Column of twos, vulnerability of 187
Commander, post in close order 63
Skirmish line 79
French 4-rank formation (with plates) 65, 66
Infantry, strength of the German 273
One-rank, vulnerability of the 187
PLATOONS
Column of (with plate) 61, 62
How formed 49
Machine gun battery 273, 274
Division of the company into 46
Three or four platoons 48
POSITION
Advance into a preparatory 350
Advanced 413
Battalion groups of intrenchments 417
Communicating trenches 421
Cover trenches 421
Determining factors in selecting a 414
Dummy intrenchments 421
Foreground, clearing the 421
Division into sections 411
Observation of the 420
Fortifying the 415
Framework of the 414
Gaps in the defensive 411
Intrenchments 418-422
Masks 421
Obstacles, construction of 421
Occupation of the 426
Rallying 442
Requisites of a defensive 410
Russian views in re defensive 422
Sections, divisions into 411
Temporary occupation 408
POSTS
Battalion commander in action 400
Commander in a rencontre 338
Company commander in action 400
Musicians in skirmish line 79, 80
Non-commissioned officers in close order 47
Platoon commanders in close order 63
Skirmish line 79
Range finders in close order 46, 47
Skirmish line 79, 80
Squad leaders in close order 46, 47
Skirmish line 79
Regimental commander in action 400
PREPARATION OF THE ASSAULT 352
PREPARATION OF THE ATTACK 346
By artillery, provisions of various regulations 354
PREPARATORY POSITION 350
PROGRESSIVE FIRE
Artillery 320
Machine guns 263
PURE FRONTAL ATTACK 357
France 455
PURSUIT 385
Japan 465
Q.
QUICK TIME, in various armies (table) 54
R.
RAFALE 158, 164
RALLYING POSITION 442
England 460
Occupation of the 443
RANGE
Altitude, effect of, on the 145
Ascertaining the 140
Pacing and galloping 141
Provisions of various regulations 143
Ascertaining the 140
Range finding instruments 146
Trial volleys 145
Error of estimation 141
Formulae for determining favorable range for firing against hill
positions 183
Influence of error in estimating the 170
Knowledge of the 140
Meteorological conditions, effect of 145
Range finding instruments, permissible error 146
Trial volleys 145
RANGE FINDERS
Classification 143
Duties in machine gun detachments 283
Post in close order 46, 47
Skirmish line 79, 80
RANGE FINDING INSTRUMENTS
Errors permissible 146
Principle of construction 146
RANGING--see Range
RANKS, influence of rate of fire upon the number of 46
RATIONS, weight of 40
REAR GUARD ACTION, frontage of a company in 236
RECONNAISSANCE
Companies 251
Detachments of all arms 251
In attack 346
In force 251, 347
Local, in attack 347
Object of 250
Of the infantry 248
Patrols and scouting detachments 27
REGIMENT 37
Cavalry, strength of German 273
Combat frontage 236
Formation for attack 214
Formations 73, 74
Importance 37
Organization 37
REGIMENTAL COMMANDER
Duties in action 400
Post in action 400
REGULATIONS--see Drill Regulations
REMOVAL OF PACKS 363, 364
RENCONTRE 333
Advance guard, conduct of the 334
Austria 448
Commander, position of 338
Conduct of main body 336
Examples of 339
Japan 464
Machine guns, examples of, in a 295, 338
Main body, launching of the 338
Orders, issue of 336
Provisions of various regulations 339
Use of echelon formation in 74
Switzerland 466
REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, influence of, on war 3
RESERVE
Employment of, in attack 394
Examples of employment of 340, 395, 396, 397
General, distance from defensive line 430
Interval from flank of defensive line 430
Position in defense 429
Strength of, in defense 431
In retreat 442
Launching or withholding the 396
Section 411
Size of, in various units 235
Strength of the (in attack and defense) 395
RETREAT
Direction of 440, 442
Rallying position 442
Reserve 442
RICOCHETS, effect of 185
RIFLE--see Rifles
RIFLEMEN 22
RIFLE-RESTS, influence of 178
RIFLES
Automatic 126
Influence of various, on density of battle formations (table) 240
Used in Russo-Japanese War 127
Weight of, in various armies (table) 40
ROAD SPACE--see Depth
ROUTE COLUMN (with plate) 57
Battalion in 72
Machine gun battery 273, 274
RUSHES
Advance by 82
Austria 449
England 462
Examples of the employment of 93, 94, 95
Gait to be employed in 82, 86
How made in various armies 90, 91
Italy 452
Japan 91, 463
Length of 83
Lessons of the Boer and Russo-Japanese Wars 88, 89, 90
Long or short 85, 86
Preparation for 83
Provisions of various regulations 90-91
Russia 91
Short or long 85, 86
Strength of the rushing unit 83
Time required for 83
RUSSIA
Advanced positions 413
Ammunition, how carried by soldier 476
Ammunition supply 475
Regulations in re 480
Assault 381
Battalion, formations of the 69, 73
Column of platoons (plate) 62
Company, strength of (table) 35
Defensive position, views on 422
Fire, kinds of 160
Frontage 242
Front and facing distance 48
Infantry
Combat 466
Tactics in Russo-Japanese War, characteristics of 340
Versus cavalry 315
Intrenching tool equipment of Russian companies 38
Load carried by soldier 40
Machine guns 290
Pace, length and number per minute 54
Ranges, ascertaining 143
Rushes 91
Sandbag cover, results of experiments 390
Skirmish line, formation of 80
Supply of ammunition 475, 480
Use of general reserve 397
Spade in attack 392
S.
“S” BULLET
Effect on corpses 130
Materials 131
Steel shields 324
SAND BAGS 344, 390
Results of Russian experiments 390
SCHWARZLOSE MACHINE GUN 260
SCOUTING DETACHMENTS 27, 28, 414
Use of, in reconnaissance 252
SEARCHING FIRE
Artillery 321
Machine guns 263
SECONDARY ATTACK 357
SECTIONS
Assignment of combat 243
Defensive position, division into combat 411
Division of the platoon into 46
SECTION COLUMN, machine gun battery 273, 274
SHARPSHOOTER PLATOONS 21
SHELL
Comparison between that of field gun and howitzer 117
Percussion (Model 96) 115
Time (Model 96) 116
(Model 98) 118
SHIELDS
Protection afforded by 324
SHRAPNEL
Comparison between that of field gun and howitzer 117
Effect (tables) 114, 122
On animate targets 125
Incendiary effect 112
Percussion 111, 112
Time 112
SIGNAL LAMPS, use of, on battlefield 246
SIGNALS 41
Advance 41
Assemble 41
Attention 41
Charge 41
Deploy 41
Employment of, by combat patrols 80
Fix bayonet 41, 377
Halt 41
Misunderstanding of 42
Trumpet 41
SITUATION, estimate of the 11
SKI DETACHMENTS 30, 31, 32
SKI RUNNERS 30, 31, 32
SKIRMISH LINES
Boer advance in thin 75
Cover, use of 256
Efficacy of fire against thin and dense (table) 77
Fire effect, as compared with machine guns 265
Formation of 78
In various armies 80
Gaits of 81
Japanese advance in thin 76, 77
Losses 81
Movements in 81, 82
Thin and dense 76, 77
Vulnerability of 186, 187
SNOW SHOE MARCHING 30, 31
SPADE
Use of, in attack 387, 388, 392, 449, 457, 465, 466
Small, weight of 40
SPLINTER PROOFS 418, 420
SQUAD LEADERS
Posts in close order 46, 47
Skirmish line 79
SQUADS
Column of, compared with column of fours 59
(Plate) 57
Division of the company into 46
Machine gun, composition and duties of members of (Germany) 283
STAFFS, division of work in 245
STRATEGY
Definitions of 4, 5, 6
Relation of tactics to 6, 7
SUPERIORITY OF FIRE 370, 371, 427
SUPPLY OF AMMUNITION
Austria 475, 479
Deductions from various regulations 483
England 475, 482
France 475, 480
Germany 475, 476
Italy 475, 483
Japan 475
Russia 475, 480
Various armies (table) 475
SUPPORTS 98, 99
Advance of 100
In attack 368
Advantages of 102
Arguments against 101, 102
Commander, duties of 100
Conduct, French regulations 455
Defense 410
Deployment in attack 369
Distance from firing line 98, 99
Duties 98
Formations 100
Movements 100
Necessity 98
Purpose 98
SURPRISE 330
Examples of 331
SURRENDER, British troops in Boer War 192
SWEDEN, column of fours 58
SWEEPING FIRE
Artillery 321
Machine guns 263
T.
TACTICAL FORMATIONS, Importance of 108
TACTICAL MISSIONS, compared with united action 401
TACTICAL UNIT 32, 33, 34
TACTICS
Applied 12, 13
Changes in 13, 14
Definitions of 4, 5, 6
Formal 12
Grand 12
Japanese infantry in Russo-Japanese War, characteristics of 341
Minor 12
Relation of strategy to 6-7
Russian infantry in Russo-Japanese War, characteristics of 340
TARGET, selection of a 147
TASKS
Assignment of 218
Dangers of assigning 405
TELEGRAPH, FIELD, use of, on battlefield 246
TELEPHONE, FIELD, use of, in infantry combat 246
TEMPORARY OCCUPATION of a position 408
TERRAIN, importance of 254
TIMBER, advance through 332
TRAINING and drill 105, 106
Influence of, on efficacy of fire 168
TRAVERSES 417
TRENCHES 416-420
Dimensions 418
TROOP LEADING
Duties of higher 366
Minor 365
TROOP UNIT 34
TRUMPET SIGNALS 41
TWOS, column of 56
U.
UNIFORM, color of, influence on visibility 119
UNITED ACTION
Compared with tactical missions 401
Dangers of 405
UNITED STATES, three-unit organization 38, 218
UNIVERSAL SERVICE, influence of, on war 4
USE OF SPADE IN ATTACK 387
Austria 449
France 457
Japan 465
Provisions of various regulations 392
Switzerland 466
V.
VOID OF THE BATTLEFIELD 194
VOLLEY
Value of the 157, 163
Trial 145
VULNERABILITY of various formations 186, 187
W.
WAR 2, 3, 4
Importance and necessity of 2
Influence of representative government in reducing number of
wars 3
Influence of universal service on 4
Lessons of, in re attack 340
Rushes 88, 89
Purpose of 4
_Ultimo ratio_ of state policy 2, 3
WEAPONS, changes and improvements in 13
WIGWAG FLAGS, use of, in infantry action 246
WIRE CUTTERS 39
WITHDRAWAL 441
Conduct of a 441
WOLOZKOI’S THEORY of the constant cone of misses 173
WOODS, advance through 332
WOUNDS
Produced by cutting weapons, (%) 384
Infantry and artillery fire, comparison 167
Jacketed bullets 129
Shrapnel bullets 125
Small arms in Russo-Japanese War, character of 127, 128
Z.
ZONE FIRE, artillery 320
INDEX OF EXAMPLES FROM MILITARY HISTORY.
A.
=~Aiaslar~=, August 25, 1877. PAGE
Ammunition, expenditure of 472
=~Albuera~=, 1811.
Losses 227
=~Amiens~=, November 27, 1870.
Frontage 237
=~Austerlitz.~=
Attacking column, formation 44
=~Azay~=, January 6, 1871.
Masks, effect of 112
B.
=~Baalon~=, September 17, 1870.
Surprise 331
=~Beaumont~=, August 30, 1870.
Advance guard, deployment of 231, 232
Artillery, losses of the 327
Cavalry charge 309
Deployment of an advance guard 231, 232
Distribution in depth 231, 232
Flank attack 357
Frontage 231, 232
Frontal counter-attack 437
Ineffective rapid fire at short ranges 162
Line of platoons in columns of twos 121
Losses, artillery under infantry fire 327
Rencontre 339
Surprise 331
Woods, passage through 333
=~Beaune la Bolande~=, November 28, 1870.
Ammunition, expenditure and supply of 470
Shortage of 469
Short range fire 153
Withholding the fire 152
=~Belmont~=, November 22, 1899.
Night march 351
=~Boer War~=--see South African War (1899-1902).
=~Busaco.~=
Frontal counter-attack 437
=~Buzanval~=, January 19, 1871.
Ammunition, expenditure of 470
C.
=~Casablanca~=, 1907.
Effect of infantry fire on charging cavalry 308
=~Chagey~=, January 11, 1871.
Short range fire 153
=~Champigny~=, November 30, 1870.
Ammunition, expenditure and supply 471
Influence of the ground on efficacy of fire 183
Jägers, employment of 23
=~Chevilly~=, November 30, 1870.
Fire while in motion 93
=~Chlum~= (Königgrätz), 1866.
Flank attack 357
=~Colenso~=, December 15, 1899.
Artillery under infantry fire 326
Boer position, location of 410
Density of battle line 240
Insufficient reconnaissance 340
Losses 189
Officers 190
Moral effect of fire 152, 426
Pure frontal attack 340
Reconnaissance, lack of local 249
Reserves, use of 340
Surprise 340
Withholding the fire, moral effect 152
=~Colombey~=, August 14, 1870.
Attack on Aubigny 405
On the “Tannenwäldchen” 403
Frontage 237
Losses 195
Mixing of organizations 195
Moral effect of fire 199
=~Coulmiers~=, November 9, 1870.
Ammunition supply 484
Reserve, employment of the 395
=~Coulomiers~=, December 15, 1870.
Withholding the fire 152
=~Custozza~=, 1866.
Battle lines, density of 240
Cavalry charge 302
Moral effect of a 200
Reserves, employment of 396
D.
=~Daix~=, November 26, 1870.
Ammunition, supply of 484
=~Datshishiao~=, July 24, 1904.
Bayonet fight 382
=~Diamond Hill~=, 1900.
Frontage 238
=~Doornkop~=, May 29, 1900.
Opening fire 150
E.
=~Etoges~=, 1814.
Infantry versus cavalry 313
F.
=~Franco-German War~= (1870-71).
Ammunition, expenditure and supply of 468
Close order formations, impossibility of employing, in first
line 102
Fire, efficacy of 176
Frontages 237
Losses among officers, percentage of (by arm) 20
Officers, number of, per 1000 men 51
Proportion of the various arms 19
=~Fuchau~=, 1905.
Local reconnaissance 250
G.
=~Garcia Hernandez~=, 1812.
Cavalry charge 309
=~Gitschin~=, 1866.
Trumpet signal, misunderstanding caused by 42
=~Gorni Bugarov~=, January 1, 1878.
Frontal counter-attack 438
Short range fire 153
=~Gorni Dubniac~=, October 24, 1877.
Ammunition, expenditure and supply of 473
Assault, inability to 409
Fire, ineffectiveness of uphill 183
Intrenching in attack 389
Isolated attacks with inadequate forces 223
Perseverance under fire 387
Reserves, deployment of 369
Rushes, advance by 95
Signal for attack, failure of 361
Strength, relative, of opposing forces 234