Advance to the battlefield 67
Ammunition, expenditure 471
Artillery under infantry fire 326
Assault 376
Assaulting distance 385
Attack made by the III. Army Corps 398
Battle lines, density of 240
Close order formations under fire 103
Columns of twos, line of 121
Companies, consolidation of 36
Concentration for action 210
Density of battle lines 240
Enfilade fire 254
Envelopment 361
Fire,
Artillery under infantry 326
Close order formation under 103
Columns of twos, line of, under 121
Enfilade 254
Long range 152
Pause 156
Perseverance under 108, 387
Uphill, ineffectiveness of 183
Flanking fire 254
Infantry fire, artillery under 326
Intrenchments, construction of 388
Losses, aggregate and detail 188
At various ranges 176
Franz regiment 195
Officers 33, 51, 190
Lull in the fight at Point du Jour 156
March formations 67
Mitrailleuses, employment of 260
Mixing of organizations 196
Officers, losses among 33, 51, 190
Organizations, mixing of 196
Ranges, underestimation of 142
Reconnaissance, relaxing in the 347
Reserves 398
Stragglers 196
Uphill fire against trenches, ineffectiveness of 183
H.
=~Haicheng~=, 1904.
Advanced positions, several lines of 412
=~Hallue~=, December 23, 1870.
Envelopment 6
Attempted, by first line 360
Frontage 232
=~l’Hay~=, September 30, 1870.
Fire while in motion 93
=~Helmstedt~=, July 25, 1866.
Change of front 220
=~Hühnerwasser~=, 1866.
Ammunition found on the battlefield 469
K.
=~Karahassankioi~=, August 23, 1877.
Ammunition, expenditure of 472
=~Katzbach~=, August 26, 1813.
Attack in line 108
=~Kazeljevo.~=
Frontal counter-attack 438
=~Kesselsdorf~=, 1745.
Frontal counter-attack 437
Losses 189
=~Kinchau~=, November 26, 1904.
Ammunition, expenditure of 474
Assaulting distance 385
=~Kolin~=, 1757.
Losses 189
=~Königgrätz~=, July 3, 1866.
Adjustment of fire facilitated by a poplar 120
Advance to the battlefield 205
Battle lines, density of 240
Cavalry charge, moral effect of a 306
Flank attack 357, 359
Jägers, employment of 23
Trumpet signal, misunderstanding caused by 42
L.
=~Ladon~=, November 26, 1870.
Envelopment 361
=~Ladonchamps~= (near Metz).
Artillery fire, ineffectiveness of 120
=~Ladysmith~=, 1900.
Supports 98
=~Le Bourget~=, October 30, 1870.
Assaulting distance 385
Columns of twos, line of 121
Rushes 93, 94
=~Le Mans.~=
Battalions, strength of 36
Gatling guns 260
Officers, number present for duty 50
=~Liao Yang~=, 1904.
Ammunition, expenditure of 473, 474
Battle lines, density of 239
Fire 155
Frontage 239
Intrenching tools, use of, in attack 392
Machine guns 291
Strength of opposing forces 341
Surprise 208, 250
=~Linshinpu~=, 1904.
Ammunition, expenditure of 473
=~Lisaine.~=
Frontage 228
=~Loigny~=, December 2, 1870.
Advance to the battlefield 67
Counter-attack 433, 435, 436
Intrenching tools, lack of 388
Wheel executed by Kottwitz’ Brigade 220
=~Lovtcha~=, September 1, 1877.
Ammunition, expenditure of 472
Mixing of organizations 197
Registration mark for artillery fire 120
Rushes 95
Strength of opposing forces 234
M.
=~Magersfontain~=, December 11, 1899.
Boer position, location of 410
Convalescence of wounded 129
Dummy trenches 421
Fire surprise 133
Frontage 227, 238
Lack of reinforcements 227
Losses 189
Officers 190
Perseverance under fire 137, 387
Pure frontal attack 340
Reconnaissance, lack of local 249
Reinforcements, lack of 227
Reserves, employment of 340
Withholding the fire, moral effect of 152
=~Maida.~=
Frontal counter-attack 437
=~Marengo~=, 1800.
Attacking column, formation of 45
=~Mars-la-Tour~=--see Vionville.
=~Minden~=, 1757.
Infantry versus cavalry 313
=~Modder River~=, November 28, 1899.
Boer position, location of 410
Fire fight 132, 371
Moral effect of fire 426
Opening fire at long range 150
Perseverance under fire 132
Pure frontal attack 340
Reconnaissance, lack of 252, 340
Surprise 252, 340
=~Montoy~= (Noisseville).
Surprise 332
=~Mont Valérien~=, January 19, 1871.
Ammunition, shortage of 469
=~Mukden~=, 1905.
Advance in thin skirmish lines 76, 77
Assault with cold steel 134
Attack, mode of Japanese 343, 344
Battle lines, density of 239, 240
Bayonet fights 382
Construction of cover in attack 344
Frontage 239
Gaps in the attacking line 239
Machine guns 292
Perseverance under fire 348
Reserves 395, 396
Sand bags, use of, in attack 344
Skirmish lines, thin 76, 77
Strength of opposing forces 341
Telephone communication 247
N.
=~Nachod~=, 1866.
Bayonet attack 153
Concentration 209
Frontage 231
Losses 153
Mixing of organizations 196
Rencontre 339
=~Nicholson’s Neck~=, October 24, 1899.
Crawling 87, 88
Volleys, ineffectiveness of 157
=~Noisseville.~=
Bayonet fight 382
Counter-attack 429, 433
Flank attack 358
Intrenching tools, lack of 388
Losses 332
Reconnaissance 253
Surprise 331
=~Nuits~=, December 18, 1870.
Abridged attack 330
O.
=~Oerrshikiatsy~= (Shaho), 1904.
Intrenching tools, use of, in attack 388
=~Orleans~=, December 3, 1870.
Counter-attack 436
Strength of German battalions 36
P.
=~Paardeberg~=, February 18, 1900.
Advance without firing 149
Convalescence of wounded 129
Crawling 87
Distribution in depth, lack of 238
Frontage 76, 227
Intrenching tools, use of, in attack 388
Opening fire at long range 150
Reinforcements, lack of 227
Skirmish lines, thin 76
=~Pieters Hill~=, February 27, 1900.
Fire support 380
Frontage 238
Machine guns 289, 298
=~Plevna~=, 1877.
Ammunition, expenditure of 472
Attacks with inadequate forces 222, 223
Bayonet fights 382
Combat impressions 191
Fire, opening 152
Uphill, ineffectiveness of 183
While in motion 93
Improvised units 197, 198
Intrenching tools, use of 388
Isolated attacks with inadequate forces 222, 223
Knapsacks, loss of 364
Losses among officers 190
At various ranges 152, 177
Mixing of organizations 197
Officers, losses among 190
Opening fire at long range 152
Ranges, underestimation of 142
Reserves, deployment of 369
Employment of 395
Rushes 95
Strength of opposing forces 234
Underestimation of ranges 142
Volleys 158
=~Podol~=, June 26, 1866.
Jägers 23
=~Poplar Grove~=, March 7, 1900.
Advance in attack formation 206
Attack formation of a brigade 207
Frontage 238
R.
=~Russo-Japanese War.~=
Advance in thin skirmish lines 76, 77
Ammunition, expenditure and supply of 473
Formations under artillery fire 321, 322
Frontage 238
Infantry attack 137, 340
Local reconnaissance 250
Machine guns 290
Rushes 89
Strength of opposing forces 341
Wounds, character of 128
=~Russo-Turkish War~=, 1877-78.
Ammunition, expenditure of 472
Attacks 222, 223
Frontal counter-attacks 438
Losses 176
S.
=~St. Privat~=--see Gravelotte.
=~St. Quentin~=, January 19, 1871.
Attack on Grugies, isolated 403
Bayonet attack 103
=~Sandepu~=, 1904.
Losses among officers 190
=~Sapignies.~=
Cavalry charge 302
=~Scheinovo~=, January 9, 1878.
Ammunition, expenditure of 94, 95, 473
Cavalry charge 303
Losses 94, 95
Rushes 94, 95
Simultaneous attack 361
=~Sedan.~=
Ammunition, expenditure of 469
Cavalry charge 308, 310, 311
Losses among officers 51
Mixing of organizations 197
Packs, removal of 469
=~Shaho~=, 1904.
Advanced positions 348
Artillery, capture of 326
Attack formation of a brigade 343
Battle lines, density of 239
Frontage 239
Infantry attack 343
Intrenching tools, use of 388
Machine guns 292
Reserves 396
=~Shiliho~=, 1905.
Attack 344
Rushes 90
=~Shipka Pass~=, 1877.
Short range fire 153
=~Skalitz~=, 1812.
Jägers 23
Mixing of organizations 196
=~Slivnica~=, November 17 and 19, 1885.
Losses at long ranges 177
=~Solferino~=, 1859.
Bayonet fight 382
Battle lines, density of 240
=~Soor~=, 1745.
Losses 189
Frontal counter-attack 437
=~Soor~=, 1866.
Jägers 23
=~South African War~= (1899-1902).
Assaults 379
Crawling 87, 88
Front, overextension of 238
Lessons gained from the 88, 340
Machine guns 289
Mounted infantry 25
Rushes 88
Skirmish lines, thin 75
Surrenders 192
Wounds, character of 129
=~Spicheren.~=
Advance in assembly formation 210
Ammunition, expenditure of 469
Attack, orders for 349
Change of front 220
Concentration 210
Counter-attack 436
Envelopment 357, 358, 360
Formation in echelon and in line 74, 226
Front, change of 220
Frontage 226
Knapsacks, loss of 364
Losses 195
Mixing of organizations 196, 226
Orders for attack 349
Stragglers 195
=~Spionskop~=, 1900.
Crawling 88
Losses at short ranges, insignificant 178, 189
Reserves 340
T.
=~Tagliamento~=, 1797.
Attack formations 45
=~Tashkessen~=, January 1, 1878.
Ammunition, expenditure of 473
Frontal counter-attack 438
=~Tel el Kebir~=, 1882.
Night attack 233
=~Terrayama~= (Temple Hill), October 11, 1904.
Attack 343
Bayonet fight 382
Intrenching tools, use of 388
=~Tobitschau~=, 1866.
Cavalry charge 313
=~Towan~=, 1904.
Perseverance under fire 348
=~Trautenau~=, 1866.
Bayonet attack 153
Jägers 23
Packs, removal of 364
Rencontre 339
Trumpet signal, misunderstanding caused by 42
=~Tsinortun~=, August 26, 1904.
Counter-attack 435
=~Tugela~= (Pieters Hill), 1900.
Rushes 95
=~Tuminling Pass~=, 1904.
Losses, officers 190
V.
=~Vauxchamps~=, February 14, 1814.
Infantry versus cavalry 313
=~Villepion~=, December 1, 1870.
Holding wavering troops 382
Intrenching tools, use of 388
=~Villermain-Cravant~=, 1870.
Flank march along hostile front 360
=~Villiers~=, October 30, 1870.
Influence of the ground on the efficacy of fire 183
=~Vimiero.~=
Frontal counter-attack 437
=~Vionville.~=
Abridged attack 330
Advance in broad formations 67
Ammunition, expenditure and supply of 469, 470
Artillery fire diverted by infantry 327
Cavalry charge 302, 304, 311, 313
Moral effect of 302
Preparation by artillery fire 313
Close order formations, losses in 102, 103
Concentration 209
Cover, use of 257
Direction of retreat 440
Flanking fire 254
Losses in close order formations 102, 103
Officers 190
Masks 120
Moral effect of a cavalry charge 302, 303
Packs, removal of 364
Rencontre 339
Reserves, employment of 397
Retreat 440
Trumpet signal, misunderstanding caused by 42
United attack, necessity of a 403
Volley fire, ineffectiveness of 164
=~Vouziers~=, December 15, 1870.
Surprise 331
W.
=~Wafangu~=, June 15, 1904.
Attack 341
Communication 247
Distribution in depth, excessive 223
Envelopment 341, 359
=~Wagram~=, 1809.
Attacking column, formation of 44, 45
=~Waterberg~=, 1904.
Assaulting guidons 355
Machine guns, employment of 283
=~Waterloo~=, 1815.
Attacking column, formation of 44, 45
Battle lines, density of 240
Concentration 209
Frontal counter-attack 437
=~Weiszenburg~=, August 2, 1870.
Losses among officers 51, 190
Masks 120
=~Wörth~=, August 6, 1870.
Assault 376
Assaulting distance 385
Attack, orders to 349
Battle lines, density of 240
Cavalry charge 310, 311
Change of front 220
Colors 69
Concentration 209
Counter-attack 433
Distance, elimination of, during advance 72
Distribution in depth 224
Fire while in motion 93
Interference by the commander-in-chief 248
Losses 227
Officers 51
Relative, officers and men 190
Mixing of organizations 196
Moral effect of fire 191
Officers, losses among 51
Orders to attack 349
Packs, removal of 364
Panic 440
Passage through woods 333
Reserve, employment of the 395
Stragglers 196
Supports 224
Uphill fire 183
Woods, passage through 254
Y.
=~Yalu~=, 1904.
Ammunition, expenditure and supply of 473
Attack 341
Bayonet fight 382
Losses, officers 190
Machine guns 291
=~Yangtsuling~=, 1904.
Attack 343
=~Yoshirei~=, July 31, 1904.
Formations under artillery fire 321, 323
=~Yuhuntun~=, 1905.
Perseverance under fire 348
=~Yuputz~=, March 1, 1905.
Sand bags, use of 390
=~Yushuling~=, 1904.
Intrenching tools, use of 388
Z.
=~Zella.~=
Counter-attack 433
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