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Page 57
... flanks , since it will take the enemy double the time to concentrate his whole force on either flank , that would be required to effect his concentration on the centre . As an example of this may be cited the plan PLAN OF CAMPAIGN . 57.
... flanks , since it will take the enemy double the time to concentrate his whole force on either flank , that would be required to effect his concentration on the centre . As an example of this may be cited the plan PLAN OF CAMPAIGN . 57.
Page 68
... flanks being advanced , an army operating from either flank can place itself more or less on the flank and rear of a hostile army B advancing towards a b , evidently more the nearer B approaches . This is an advantage . The disadvantage ...
... flanks being advanced , an army operating from either flank can place itself more or less on the flank and rear of a hostile army B advancing towards a b , evidently more the nearer B approaches . This is an advantage . The disadvantage ...
Page 69
... flank of a b ; evidently more the nearer B approaches . Here what has been said above of interior lines is reversed in favour of A , as when posted behind a bit can move to reinforce any point by the chord of an arc , while the enemy ...
... flank of a b ; evidently more the nearer B approaches . Here what has been said above of interior lines is reversed in favour of A , as when posted behind a bit can move to reinforce any point by the chord of an arc , while the enemy ...
Page 72
... flank march for the purpose of acting on B's communications . Whereas if A had marched behind df and broken into the theatre of war from f , the point nearest to the enemy's rear , it would equally have menaced B's line of retreat , and ...
... flank march for the purpose of acting on B's communications . Whereas if A had marched behind df and broken into the theatre of war from f , the point nearest to the enemy's rear , it would equally have menaced B's line of retreat , and ...
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... flank or rear . Moreau neglected the above precepts ( a . ) and ( b . ) in the campaign of 1800 in Germany , by breaking out into the theatre of war from Strasburg , Brisach , and Basle , which immediately exposed his corps to the ...
... flank or rear . Moreau neglected the above precepts ( a . ) and ( b . ) in the campaign of 1800 in Germany , by breaking out into the theatre of war from Strasburg , Brisach , and Basle , which immediately exposed his corps to the ...
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