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... distance which separates them ; while Tactics relates exclusively to the movements of an army when in the actual presence or eyesight of an enemy . The following definition applies equally to both . Strategy and Tactics are the art of ...
... distance which separates them ; while Tactics relates exclusively to the movements of an army when in the actual presence or eyesight of an enemy . The following definition applies equally to both . Strategy and Tactics are the art of ...
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... distance from each other , that his army appeared , like Sir Boyle Roche's bird , to be gifted with obliquity . But the problem , so simply stated in the definition , requires for its practical solution those great qua- lities of brain ...
... distance from each other , that his army appeared , like Sir Boyle Roche's bird , to be gifted with obliquity . But the problem , so simply stated in the definition , requires for its practical solution those great qua- lities of brain ...
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... distance in rear of the 2nd , is conveyed in waggons . The Artillery Transport . The artillery transport is independent of the land transport corps except as regards the hospitals and ambulance . For the service of the field artillery ...
... distance in rear of the 2nd , is conveyed in waggons . The Artillery Transport . The artillery transport is independent of the land transport corps except as regards the hospitals and ambulance . For the service of the field artillery ...
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... distance from the enemy . Ac- curacy in this respect is vitally important ; the fate of a battle , of a campaign , even of a dynasty , have often depended on the successful and accurate con- centration of scattered bodies of an army ...
... distance from the enemy . Ac- curacy in this respect is vitally important ; the fate of a battle , of a campaign , even of a dynasty , have often depended on the successful and accurate con- centration of scattered bodies of an army ...
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... distance an army may have to traverse should be calculated , not in miles , but in the number of marches ; and in order to estimate that number correctly , the general must have accu- rate information of the state of each road by which ...
... distance an army may have to traverse should be calculated , not in miles , but in the number of marches ; and in order to estimate that number correctly , the general must have accu- rate information of the state of each road by which ...
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