Stuart;
  Stonewall Jackson's skill; Col. Madritov's Raid; Sannah's
  Post; Ramdam).

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).

OUTPOSTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129-140

  Outposts prevent interference with plans and provide security
  by Observation and Resistance—Strength—Observation (Aircraft;
  Mobile Patrols; Outpost Companies)—Resistance (Infantry,
  Artillery, and Machine guns; Sentry Groups, Piquets,
  Supports, and Reserves)—Distance (Effective fire of various arms
  the controlling factor)—Outpost Commander—Information and
  Orders—The Outpost Line of Resistance—The Outpost Company
  (Piquets, Supports, Detached Posts, Reserves; the Piquet
  Commander; Patrols; Sentry Groups)—Day and Night
  Work—Disasters through neglect of Tactical Principles (Chateau
  of Chambord; Tweefontein)—Battle Outposts (Broenbeek;
  Fredericksburg).

TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141-143

Reconnaissance for Attack—Intelligence Officers—Reconnaissance by Raids—Position Warfare—Reconnaissance for Defence—Position Warfare.

NIGHT OPERATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144-154

  Reason for Operations by Night (Secrecy; Frederick the Great's
  Coat)—Night Marches (Direction; Protection; Secrecy;
  Connection)—"Rules of Thumb"—Night Advances (Surprise;
  Direction; Position of Deployment; Connection)—Night
  Assaults (First Battle of the Somme; Serre Hill; Vimy Ridge;
  Messines-Wytschaete; Villers Brétonneux; Morlancourt;
  Spottsylvania)—Limitations of Night Assaults—Smoke and its
  advantages and disadvantages—Successful and unsuccessful Night
  Assaults (Rappahannock Station—Peiwar Kotal—Tel-el-Kebir;
  Stormberg; Magersfontein)—Position of Deployment—Distinguishing
  Badges, etc.—Watchword—Precautions against
  Checks—Secrecy—"Rules of Thumb."

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FIGHTING IN CLOSE COUNTRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155-163

Restrictions on view and on movement—Advantages for Attack against Defence—Savage Warfare (Isandhlwana; Rorke's Drift; Tofrik; Toski; Teutoberger Wald)—Civilised Warfare (Villages and Woods attract troops; Gravelotte; Spicheren; Worth; the Wilderness; Sedan; Defence of Bazeilles; Noisseville)—Attack on Woods (Tanks; Gauche; Villers Guislain; Messines)—Advancing from captured position—Defence of Woods—Fighting patrols—Attack on Villages (Tanks; Light Mortars)—Defence of Villages (Delaying Action; Providing a "funnel").

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE VARIOUS ARMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164-177

  Close combination of all arms required—Infantry (Extent and
  limitations of mobility; the decisive arm in battle; the Rifle
  and Bayonet; the Lewis gun; Ranges of rifles and machine
  guns; Grenades; Hand Grenades; Rifle Grenades; Light
  Mortars; Machine guns)—Mounted Troops (Cavalry; Mounted
  Rifles; Cyclists)—Artillery—Light Artillery (Pack Guns; Pack
  Howitzers; Horse Artillery: Field Guns; Field Howitzers)—Light
  Guns against Aircraft and Tanks—Medium Artillery—(Medium
  Guns; Medium Howitzers)—Heavy Artillery (Heavy Guns;
  Heavy Howitzers)—Super-Heavy Artillery (Super-Heavy
  Guns; Super-Heavy Howitzers)—Table of Artillery Ranges—Mortars
  and Light Mortars—Royal Engineers—Tanks—Aircraft
  (Aeroplanes; Kite Balloons)—Gas—Smoke.

OPERATION ORDERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178-179

Orders should be written when possible—Should be "fool proof"—Ambiguity to be avoided—The enemy are . . . My intention is . . . You will—Initiative not to be hampered.

INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181-189

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CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF BATTLES

PAGES

  Defence of Sublician Bridge (Legendary) 77
  Pass of Thermopylae (B.C. 480) 77
  Battle of Arbela (B.C. 331) 32
  ——— Cannae (B.C. 216) 14
  Defeat of Varus by Arminius (A.D. 9) 156-157
  Battle of Stamford Bridge (Sept. 25, 1066) 12
  ——— Hastings (Oct. 14, 1066) 11-12
  ——— Blenheim (Aug. 2, 1704) 46-47
  ——— Ramillies (May 23, 1706) 46, 91
  ——— Malplaquet (Sept. 11, 1709) 46
  ——— Leuthen (Dec. 5, 1757) 46
  Heights of Abraham (Sept. 13, 1759) 38
  Battle of Bunker Hill (June 17, 1775) 38
  ——— Ettlingen (July 9-10, 1796) 128
  ——— Marengo (June 14, 1800) 47, 76
  ——— Hohenlinden (Dec. 3, 1800) 128
  ——— Austerlitz (Dec. 2, 1805) 9-10, 47, 76,
                                                         125
  ——— Jena (Oct. 14, 1806) 125
  ——— Roliça (Aug. 17, 1808) 95, 127
  ——— Coruña (Jan. 16, 1809) 127-128
  ——— Talavera (July 27-28, 1809) 92
  Lines of Torres Vedras (Oct.-Nov. 1810) 82-83
  Battle of Salamanca (July 22, 1812) 27, 78
  ——— Vittoria (June 21, 1813) 47
  ——— Sauroren (July 28, 1813) 10
  ——— Dresden (Aug. 26-27, 1813) 47, 89
  ——— Orthez (Feb. 27, 1814) 47
  Defence of Soissons (March 3, 1814) 41, 78
  Battle of Toulouse (April 10, 1814) 47
  ——- Quatre Bras (June 16, 1815) 48
  ——— Ligny (June 16, 1815) 8, 47, 90-91
  ——— Waterloo (June 18, 1815) 8, 47-48, 76,
                                                         79
  ——— Wavre (June 18-19, 1815) 8, 91
  ——— Balaclava (Oct. 26, 1854) 96
  Shenandoah Valley Campaign (1862) 3, 4, 12, 117
  Battle of McDowell (May 8, 1862) 12
  ——— Cross Keys (June 6, 1862) 117
  Seven Days' Battle (June-July, 1862) 14, 90